Follow along with Investopedia's live coverage of Friday's inflation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Treasury yields rose on Thursday alongside oil prices as investors weighed the latest developments in the U.S.-Iran war.

CNN News Central’s Kate Bolduan and CNN Business & Politics Correspondent Vanessa Yurkevich tick through the top headlines of the latest Consumer Price Index inflation report.

Inflation may have been relatively tame in February, but that might not matter much to financial markets and the Fed.

February's inflation report showed moderating inflation pressures in various categories of products. This could bring good news for consumer-based ETFs even though economists say risks related to tariffs have not worked their way through the economy yet.

The CPI was expected to rise 2.5% on an annual basis last month, according to economists polled by financial data firm FactSet. The January CPI represents the slowest pace of inflation since May 2025 and is down from December's 2.7% annual rate.

Wall Street is discounting the latest inflation report for February in the wake of the U.S.-Iran War that broke out on the last day of the month.

U.S. stock index futures were subdued Wednesday as investors assessed the outlook for crude prices and looked ahead to a key inflation report.

While many economists welcomed the in-line February inflation report, Scott Anderson, chief U.S. economist at BMO Capital Markets, said some of the details left him feeling "a little queasy.” “There were a number of important components,