🇺🇸 BREAKING: DECEMBER 2025 CPI NUMBERS ARE IN!

US inflation data for December 2025 just dropped, and it's a classic case of "steady as she goes" with a slight dovish tilt on the core side.

🎯 Headline CPI → +2.7% YoY (right in line with expectations & unchanged from November)
+0.3% MoM (as forecasted)

🎯 Core CPI → +2.6% YoY (beat expectations of 2.7%)
+0.2% MoM (softer than the anticipated 0.3%)

Key drivers keeping things in check:
Shelter still up +0.4% MoM (biggest contributor), food +0.7%, but offset by drops in used cars (-1.1%), communication, and some energy components like gasoline.

This print shows inflation remains "sticky" above the Fed's 2% target, but the softer core reading reinforces the gradual disinflation story.

No fireworks here -- markets likely stay calm, with the Fed probably on hold at the late-January meeting (high odds of no cut).