Latest Inflation Report Shatters Expectations
The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday released the Consumer Price Index data for November 2025, which came in much lower than expected.
The report indicated a year-over-year increase of 2.7 percent in the all-items CPI, which was lower than the 3.1 percent anticipated by economists surveyed by Dow Jones. The core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy components, rose 2.6 percent year-over-year, also below the consensus expectation of 3.0 percent.
This reading marked a deceleration from prior months. The all-items index had risen 3.0 percent over the 12 months ending in September 2025. The core rate of 2.6 percent represented the smallest annual increase since March 2021, while the headline figure of 2.7 percent was the lowest since July 2025.
Shelter costs, a significant component, increased 3.0 percent year-over-year, the smallest rise since August 2021. Food prices advanced 2.6 percent annually, and energy prices rose 4.2 percent.
Month-over-month figures were affected by unique circumstances. The Democrat-led government shutdown disrupted data collection in October 2025, leading to the cancellation of that month’s CPI release. As a result, the reported month-over-month changes — 0.2 percent for both headline and core CPI — reflect adjustments over a two-month period from September to November, using available non-survey data where necessary.
Compared with past reports, the November figures continue a broader pattern of disinflation observed through 2024 and 2025. Annual CPI rates had hovered near or above 3 percent in much of the prior year, reflecting lingering pressures from earlier supply chain issues and demand recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Looking ahead, the report indicates ongoing progress toward the Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target. The deceleration in core measures, which the Fed monitors closely for underlying trends, suggests that price pressures are easing further. This could provide room for continued policy accommodation, including potential interest rate adjustments to support employment and economic growth.
Market participants interpreted the data as supportive of such easing, with increased pricing for reductions in early 2026.
“I was surprised. It was a better number than anyone was expecting,” Harvard Professor of Economics Ken Rogoff said while speaking with CNN. He then noted that inflation had remained high over the last several years before emphasizing that the latest report provided much better numbers than expected.
“But, you know, people were expecting it to be above 3 percent. It was well below 3 percent. I mean, I think the president will take this as good news. The investors will think that interest rates will get cut more,” Rogoff went on. “So, you know, it was it was a positive news. There’s no other way to spin it.”
A Little Girl Saves a Billionaire’s Life — Then He Discovers Who She Really Is
It was a scorching afternoon in Dallas when Alexander Reed, once celebrated as a tech prodigy and self-made billionaire, collapsed on the sidewalk — and no one noticed.
People rushed past without slowing down. Some assumed he was drunk. Others thought he was just another exhausted executive in an expensive suit. No one realized that the CEO of Nexora Technologies was lying there, barely conscious.
He had just lost fifty million dollars in a disastrous investment. His mother was in intensive care after suffering a stroke. Years of sleepless nights and relentless pressure had finally broken him.
But fate had other plans.
A little girl in a bright red dress, chasing butterflies nearby, froze when she heard the sound of his fall. She ran toward him, placed her tiny hand on his chest, and whispered softly, “He’s still breathing.”
With trembling fingers, she grabbed his phone and dialed emergency services. Her calm voice and quick thinking saved his life.
Neither of them realized that this moment — a stranger’s compassion on a blazing Texas afternoon — would change everything.
Because the man she had just saved was not a stranger.
He was…
Her father.
A child born from a brief love story years ago.
Alexander blinked in shock as he looked at her. The little girl stared back with eyes that felt hauntingly familiar.
Her smile. Her gaze. Something deep inside him stirred. A memory long buried surfaced — a summer night, a soft laugh, a promise he never kept.
“Daddy…” she whispered, her voice small but certain.
The word pierced through him.
He leaned forward slowly, hands shaking.
“Are you… are you really mine?” he asked, his voice barely steady.
She nodded shyly, clutching the worn teddy bear she carried everywhere.
In that moment, Alexander felt his heart shatter and mend all at once. For years, he had chased success and wealth, ignoring the fragile human connections that truly mattered.
And now destiny — in the form of a fearless little girl — was giving him a second chance.
The paramedics stood nearby, quietly respecting the scene.
Alexander gently brushed her hair from her face, tears filling his eyes.
“I will never let you go again,” he whispered.
That day, on the scorching pavement of Dallas, a life was saved — and a family long separated was finally brought back together.
Past mistakes and future hope met in the eyes of a little girl brave enough to change everything.
