CPI
Inflation Thaw: Cooling CPI Sparks Massive Year-End Rally as Markets Price in 2026 Rate Cuts
Wall Street received an early holiday gift this week as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released a Consumer Price Index (CPI) report that significantly undercut analyst expectations, signaling a definitive cooling in the inflationary pressures that have dogged the economy for years. On December 18, 2025, the headline