Investors are gearing up for December's crucial consumer price index to determine the direction of Fed policy.

Investors are weighing what a reported gradual rollout of Trump tariff hikes could mean for inflation and the Fed.

Stock-market investors are turning jittery over something which has apparently happened only two times in the bond market since the early 1980s: The 10-year Treasury yield has jumped by about as much as the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates over the same period of time.

US stocks gained after cooler-than-expected producer price index data soothed inflation concerns. The numbers on Tuesday showed wholesale inflation rose 0.2% in December on a monthly basis, compared to an estimated 0.