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US stocks climbed ahead of the bell Thursday, on track for their best month this year as investors continued to bet on interest-rate cuts after a key reading on consumer inflation.Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) futures paced gains…

Inflation: The US Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation metric, the core personal consumption expenditures index, is expected to have risen 0.2 per cent in October. Economists forecast the year-on-year increase to have eased to 3.5 per…

Inflation accelerated in September but consumer spending was even stronger than expected, according to a Commerce Department report Friday. The core personal consumption expenditures price index, which the Federal…