CPI preview: How does inflation typically move in January?

Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 4:15 PM

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will release January's Consumer Price Index (CPI) data on Wednesday, its monthly release of inflation data. How does inflation typically behave in the month of January?

Yahoo Finance host Julie Hyman reviews the Wall Street Journal's latest analysis of US Labor Department data, which illustrates inflation reaching a peak in January before typically leveling off throughout the rest of the calendar years.

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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.