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Inflation Eases To 2.7% And Wall Street Finds Some Breathing Room

Inflation Eases To 2.7% And Wall Street Finds Some Breathing Room

Posted December 18, 2025 at 9:45 am

Piero Cingari
Benzinga

U.S. inflation cooled more than expected in November, giving investors renewed confidence that price pressures are easing and strengthening expectations that the Federal Reserve’s easing cycle can stay on track into 2026.

The Consumer Price Index rose 2.7% year over year in November 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday.

The reading marked a robust decline from September’s 3% pace and came in below economists’ expectations of 3.1%.

Core inflation, which excludes food and energy, also surprised to the downside. Core CPI increased 2.6% year-over-year, below forecasts of 3% and hitting the lowest rate since March 2021.

Services inflation showed tentative signs of cooling. Prices excluding energy services rose 3% year over year, down from the prior reading. Shelter costs — which account for nearly one-third of the CPI basket — increased 3%, also edging lower.

The report did not include month-over-month changes for headline or core CPI. The October inflation release was canceled due to the government shutdown, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics said it was unable to retroactively collect the necessary data.

Ahead of the release, bond markets were pricing in a modest probability of a 25-basis-point rate cut at the Federal Reserve’s Jan. 28 meeting.

This is a developing story…

Originally Posted December 18, 2025 – Inflation Eases To 2.7% And Wall Street Finds Some Breathing Room

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