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Why this week's positive inflation reports won't look as good to the Fed

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On the surface, February 's inflation data released this week brought some encouraging news.

But underneath, there were signs likely to keep the Federal Reserve on hold.

While the consumer and producer price indexes both were lower than anticipated, that won't necessarily be reflected in the main measure the Fed uses to gauge inflation.

"In short, progress on inflation has started off 2025 on the wrong foot," Bank of America economist Stephen Juneau said.

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