'I'll be back': Concerns grow about US inflation

'I'll be back': Concerns grow about US inflation
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator. (Image: Getty)
Cameron Bagrie
Arnie’s line from The Terminator, “I’ll be back”, could well resemble a potential story of 2025, namely inflation.This week’s inflation read in the United States (Thursday morning NZT) is shaping up as critical for market sentiment and the central bank's credibility.There are growing concerns over the trajectory for inflation in the US.  The annual core consumer price inflation rate, excluding items such as food and energy, came in at a three-month high of 3.3% in November 2024, unchanged from October to S...

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