Headline CPI inflation was unchanged at 2.1% in January, but the bigger story was the broad-based 0.3% m/m gain in core consumer prices. In three-month annualised terms, core inflation climbed to a six-year high of 2.9%. Higher inflation is already here and the Fed will be forced to respond soon.
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