Article 3FX9K Wall Street picks up after early morning losses

Wall Street picks up after early morning losses

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Richard Partington
from Economics | The Guardian on (#3FX9K)

The Dow moves up 100 points, shrugging off fears of imminent interest rate rise

Wall Street shrugged off signs of building US inflation despite lingering fears that a rapid increase in prices would force the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.

Official US data showed the seasonally adjusted consumer price index (CPI) for January rose 0.5% as households paid more for petrol, rental accommodation and healthcare. The annual rate of growth in prices held steady at 2.1% against economists' expectations for a fall to 1.9%.

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