The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure accelerated slightly in December, as price growth remains stubbornly above the central bank’s 2% annual target.Fed policymakers are on hold with interest rates until the inflation picture improves.

U.S. prices increased in December while consumer spending surged, suggesting that the Federal Reserve could delay cutting interest rates for some time this year. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose 0.

The Consumer Price Index report for January is expected to show broadly unchanged annual inflation according to nowcasts. That may be broadly good news for the Fed.

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The Core PCE Price Index, the Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation, increased 0.2% M/M in December, in line with the consensus estimate and ticking up from +0.1% in November, according to data released by the U.S. Commerce Department on Friday.

Consumer prices in the economy continued trending upward after touching a 17-year low of 2.7 percent in October last year.

The Federal Reserve's favorite inflation gauge is due out this morning. Follow along for live updates on stocks, bonds and other markets, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite.

LONDON (Reuters) - Investors are snapping up crude oil futures as a hedge against the risk that U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened trade tariffs will cause a resurgence in global inflation, adding momentum to a recent rally in oil prices sparked by a tightening of sanctions on Russia.

Annual inflation in Germany softened unexpectedly in January. EUR/USD continues to trade in a tight range at around 1.0400. Inflation in Germany, as measured by the change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI),

Core consumer prices in Japan's capital rose 2.5 per cent in January from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, keeping alive market expectations for further interest rate hikes.The increase in the Tokyo core consumer price index (CPI),