Jeff 5:56 am on Friday, February 13, 2026

CPI 2.4% in January, less than expected

The consumer price index for January accelerated 2.4% from the same time a year ago, down 0.3 percentage point from the prior month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/cpi-inflation-report-january-2026.html

fuzzballl 7:30 am on Friday, February 13, 2026

Interesting site for inflation data.

https://truflation.com/marketplace/us-inflation-rate

The Truflation CPI Index utilize modern consumer and spending data sets along with cutting-edge technology to deliver the world’s only verifiable daily inflation indexes. Traditional century-old metrics lag an economy reshaped by Covid-19, money-supply growth, and fragile global supply chains, yet the markets continues to rely on old metrics established over a century ago.