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Inflation slowed last month thanks to cheaper fuel and airfares.

The Consumer Price Index slowed, climbing 6.5 percent in December, helping Fed officials to lean toward slower rate moves.

By Jeanna Smialek

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Investors Look to Corporate Reports With Low Expectations

As companies prepare to publish their latest financial results, Wall Street forecasters expect profits to fall for the first time since the early days of the pandemic.

By Joe Rennison

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The U.S. May Finally Breach the Debt Ceiling. Here’s Why That Would Be Very Bad.

If Congress fails to increase the government’s borrowing limit in time, the result would be a shock to the economy and financial markets.

By Alan Rappeport Jim Tankersley and Jeanna Smialek

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Fed President Backs Slowdown as Support Mounts for Smaller Rate Move

Susan M. Collins, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said she was leaning toward a quarter-point move at the central bank’s Feb. 1 meeting.

By Jeanna Smialek