Inflation remained relatively contained at the close of 2025 despite turbulence from tariffs, giving the Federal Reserve some breathing room as it weighs the threat of price pressures against a cooling labor market.
Consumer prices rose 2.7% in December from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Tuesday. That was unchanged from November’s pace and in line with the expectations of economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal.
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