The closely scrutinized monthly consumer-price index is due this morning. Here are the key points: Economists expect the CPI increased 2.9% from a year earlier, the same rate seen in December. An

America’s inflation headache isn’t going away soon, as a report on wholesale prices released Thursday showed them rising in January by 0.4%, more than expected. For the year, the producer price index increased by 3.

Another risk for policymakers: the “January effect,” or the resetting of consumer prices for things like rents and other services, which could fuel hotter inflation at the beg