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Yellen says Trump's tariffs could derail US inflation progress, raise costs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday she was worried that President-elect Donald Trump's plans to levy broad import tariffs could derail progress in quelling inflation and raise costs for households and businesses. Yellen, at a Wall Street Journal CEO Council event, also said she was concerned about U.S. fiscal sustainability and said Congress needed to look for ways to pay for any extensions of Trump's 2017 individual and small-business tax cuts, which are due to expire in 2025. "So it would have an adverse impact on the competitiveness of some sectors of the United States economy and could significantly raise costs to households," Yellen added.

Bond Traders Trim Long Bets Before CPI Data Seen as Key for Fed

(Bloomberg) -- Bond traders are taking chips off the table, opting for a more neutral stance before Wednesday’s US consumer-price data, which will be decisive in setting expectations for whether the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates again this month. Most Read from BloombergBrace for a Nationwide Shuffle of Corporate HeadquartersCloud Computing Tax Threatens Chicago’s Silicon Valley DreamSan Francisco, Paris Named Best Cities for Urban TransportationA Chicago Skyscraper Cements the Legacy of a

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts lower as it waits for inflation data

U.S. stock indexes are drifting lower Tuesday in the runup to the highlight of the week for the market, the latest update on inflation that’s coming on Wednesday. Tech titan Oracle dragged on the market and sank 7.8% after reporting growth for the latest quarter that fell just short of analysts’ expectations. Oracle’s stock had already leaped nearly 81% for the year coming into Tuesday, which raised the bar of expectations for its profit report.