{"id":27485,"date":"2025-09-11T13:01:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T13:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.buycrypt.com\/us-august-cpi-data-meets-expectations-before-fed-meeting\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:54:43","slug":"us-august-cpi-data-meets-expectations-before-fed-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buycrypt.com\/blog\/en\/us-august-cpi-data-meets-expectations-before-fed-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"US August CPI Data Meets Expectations Before Fed Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest US Consumer Price Index data released ahead of next week&#8217;s Federal Open Market Committee meeting largely aligned with economist forecasts. The headline CPI matched expectations exactly at 2.9% year-over-year, though the monthly increase of 0.4% exceeded the projected 0.3% rise.<\/p>\n<p>Core CPI, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, met predictions precisely at 3.1% annually and 0.3% monthly. These inflation figures carry heightened significance as the Federal Reserve prepares for its upcoming FOMC meeting within the week.<\/p>\n<p>Following recent comments at Jackson Hole, market analysts anticipate Fed Chair Jerome Powell may reduce key interest rates after maintaining current levels throughout 2025. Bitcoin responded immediately to the CPI release, initially climbing to $114,000 before spiking to a multi-week high of $114,500, then retreating by $1,000 before stabilizing back at $114,000 at the time of reporting.<\/p>\n<p><!-- related-seo --><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-seo\">\n<h3>Related articles<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buycrypt.com\/blog\/en\/markets-await-key-inflation-data-ahead-of-pivotal-fed-meeting\/\">Markets Await Key Inflation Data Ahead of Pivotal Fed Meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buycrypt.com\/blog\/en\/the-fed-on-pause-markets-in-anticipation-cryptocurrencies-under-pressure-what-to-expect-after-the-fomc-meeting-on-may-7\/\">The Fed on Pause, Markets in Anticipation, Cryptocurrencies Under Pressure: What to Expect After the FOMC Meeting on May 7<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buycrypt.com\/blog\/en\/bitcoin-explodes-toward-60k-as-june-cpi-numbers-favorable\/\">Bitcoin Explodes Toward $60K as June CPI Numbers Favorable<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/related-seo --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest US August CPI data met economist expectations ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":27483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"US August CPI Data Meets Expectations Ahead of Fed Meeting","rank_math_description":"Explore the latest US Consumer Price Index data for August that aligns with forecasts before the Federal Reserve's upcoming meeting.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"US August CPI data","_forpost_external_id":"","_seorun_article_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[369],"tags":[4539,2645,2642,4534,2824],"class_list":["post-27485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-cpi","tag-economy","tag-fed","tag-inflation","tag-market","resize-featured-image"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":27485,"uk":27486},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buycrypt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buycrypt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buycrypt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buycrypt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buycrypt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27485"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/buycrypt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47208,"href":"https:\/\/buycrypt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27485\/revisions\/47208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buycrypt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buycrypt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buycrypt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buycrypt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}