2026-01-14
23 分钟The Economist.
Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm your host, Jason Palmer.
Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
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First up though.
There aren't too many people who excitedly await inflation data from America's number crunchers.
And the ones that came out yesterday were pretty short on drama.
2.7% year on year was the headline number.
Bang on what was predicted since the same as the month before.
One keen watcher will have been President Donald Trump.
who routinely uses the numbers as just another cudgel to beat Jerome Powell,
chair of the Federal Reserve.
Mr.
Trump wants interest rate cuts, like all the time.
Mr.
Powell wants to do his job, mainly keeping inflation down without crimping the economy,