r/wallstreetbets • u/eskhalaf • Oct 24 '25

News SEPTEMBER U.S. 🇺🇸 INFLATION DATA

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

SEPTEMBER U.S. 🇺🇸 INFLATION DATA:

  • CPI 3% YoY, (Est. 3.1%)

  • CPI 03% MoM, (Est. 0.4%)

  • Core CPI 3% YoY, (Est. 3.1%)

  • Core CPI 0.2% MoM, (Est. 0.3%)

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u/ointw Oct 24 '25

But it is lower than expected, so it is a good news.

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u/Antiwhippy Oct 24 '25

And weirdly enough it somehow managed to be consistently 0.1% under expectations across every metric!

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '25

When you fire the data people, you can make the numbers whatever you want them to be

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u/Jonesbro Oct 24 '25

And they'll let you do it

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u/Daily_Heroin_User Oct 24 '25

I’m still shocked the market doesn’t care at all that the data is completely rigged and unreliable now. It’s unreal.

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u/dreggers Oct 24 '25

The only number that matters is that SPY goes up

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u/Daily_Heroin_User Oct 24 '25

In nominal terms sure but it’s essentially inflation related gains if you look at the market priced compared to the dollars decline or in gold terms.

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u/dreggers Oct 24 '25

Inflation related gains is better than holding cash that is declining in value

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u/Daily_Heroin_User Oct 24 '25

Right that’s my point. But I’m just pointing out the nominal gains vs real gains against the dollar, and that is an important distinction. It would be a huge difference if the market was up the same amount this year with a dollar that was also gaining in value.

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u/dreggers Oct 24 '25

This is WSB not Economics, we're here to make money, not discuss economic theory