{"id":90261,"date":"2025-10-24T17:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=90261"},"modified":"2025-10-24T17:40:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:40:48","slug":"us-inflation-rises-below-forecasts-bitcoin-shows-tepid-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/us-inflation-rises-below-forecasts-bitcoin-shows-tepid-reaction\/","title":{"rendered":"US Inflation Rises Below Forecasts; Bitcoin Shows Tepid Reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In September, the US Consumer Price Index <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/cpi.nr0.htm\">increased<\/a> by 0.3%, compared to 0.4% the previous month. On an annual basis, without seasonal adjustment, the <span data-descr=\"consumer price index\" class=\"old_tooltip\">CPI<\/span> rose to 3.0% (up from 2.9% in August).<\/p>\n<p>The main contributors to the inflation rise were gasoline prices, which jumped by 4.1%, and energy prices, which increased by 1.5% over the month.<\/p>\n<p>The data released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) fell short of analysts&#8217; expectations. Experts had forecast a CPI value of 3.1%.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Just In: September US CPI annual inflation rises 3.0%, below expectations of 3.1%.<\/p>\n<p>Core CPI inflation increased 3.0% Y\/Y, compared to forecasts for a gain of 3.1%. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bS9KEUN9I1\">pic.twitter.com\/bS9KEUN9I1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesse Cohen (@JesseCohenInv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseCohenInv\/status\/1981699869174849702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Core CPI figure for September also fell below consensus forecasts, registering at 3.0% versus the expected 3.1%.<\/p>\n<p>The BLS noted that the inflation data was prepared before the government funding halt. Following the release, major US stock indices continued to rise. The S&#038;P 500 reached a new all-time high above <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/SP500\/?exchange=VANTAGE\">$6800<\/a>, while the NASDAQ 100 gained <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/%5ENDX\/\">over 1%<\/a> since the start of the trading session.<\/p>\n<p>Swap and options markets express near-total <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmegroup.com\/markets\/interest-rates\/cme-fedwatch-tool.html?redirect=\/trading\/interest-rates\/countdown-to-fomc.html\">confidence<\/a> in the Federal Reserve lowering the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/how-the-feds-policy-rate-affects-cryptocurrency-prices\">target range for the key rate<\/a> to 3.75-4% at the October 29 meeting. The probability of this scenario is estimated at 96.7%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-97b945a69204e4cc-7708201626775238-1024x473.jpg\" alt=\"Joxi\" class=\"wp-image-268180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-97b945a69204e4cc-7708201626775238-1024x473.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-97b945a69204e4cc-7708201626775238-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-97b945a69204e4cc-7708201626775238-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-97b945a69204e4cc-7708201626775238.jpg 1141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: CME.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Traditionally, increased liquidity availability is considered beneficial for the prices of risk assets like Bitcoin and other digital currencies.<\/p>\n<p>Following the release of US inflation data, digital gold prices briefly exceeded $112,000 but retreated from these levels during the subsequent correction.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"611\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-59297e02ba54d8e7-7708220044197704-1024x611.png\" alt=\"BTCUSD_2025-10-24_16-44-36\" class=\"wp-image-268181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-59297e02ba54d8e7-7708220044197704-1024x611.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-59297e02ba54d8e7-7708220044197704-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-59297e02ba54d8e7-7708220044197704-768x458.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-59297e02ba54d8e7-7708220044197704.png 1327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">15-minute BTC\/USD chart from Binance. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/BTCUSD\/?exchange=BINANCE\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Over the past 24 hours, the asset has risen by 1.2%, and the cryptocurrency market capitalization has increased by 1.9% (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/ru\">CoinGecko<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Bitcoin and the S&#038;P 500 may have entered <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/analyst-warns-of-bitcoin-market-entering-late-cycle-phase\">the late stage of a bull market<\/a>, according to CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In September, the US Consumer Price Index increased by 0.3%, compared to 0.4% the previous month. On an annual basis, without seasonal adjustment, CPI rose to 3.0% (up from 2.9% in August).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"US CPI rose 0.3% in September; annual rate at 3.0%. Bitcoin showed limited response.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1224,26],"class_list":["post-90261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-macroeconomics","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"227","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"US CPI rose 0.3% in September; annual rate at 3.0%. Bitcoin showed limited response.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90263,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90261\/revisions\/90263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}