Bitcoin spikes 6% on softer US inflation but the CPI record still has holes after the shutdown
At 8:30 a.m. in New York, the world paused for the January U.S. inflation knowledge, and it landed with a tender thud. Headline CPI printed +2.4% yr over yr, a shade beneath the +2.5% estimate that had been floating round forward of the launch. Core inflation, the model that strips out meals and vitality, rose…
