Список проголосовавших за комментарий " <table class="BriefingDataTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr> <td class="tickerColumn"> </td> <td class="articleColumn">Consumer Price Index Preview<p>The Consumer Price Index for February will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET, providing the Federal Reserve with a final consumer inflation data point before the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) makes its interest rate decision.</p><p><strong>According to the Briefing.com consensus estimates, total CPI is expected to be up 0.1% while core CPI, which excludes food and energy, is expected to increase 0.2%.</strong></p><ul><li>Economists' expectations for CPI are on the low side due in large part to an expected drag from gasoline prices; meanwhile, core CPI is anticipated to be propped up by owners' equivalent rent and medical costs, but to decelerate some from the stronger January pace.</li></ul><ul><li>The consensus estimates were tabulated before the release of the February PPI report, which, like the month before, produced upside surprises for total PPI and core PPI, stirring some thoughts that the February CPI report might do the same.</li></ul><ul><li>If the consensus estimates are accurate, CPI would be up 2.5% year-over-year (versus 2.5% in January) on a nonseasonally adjusted basis and core CPI would be up 2.0% (versus 2.3% in January).</li></ul><ul><li>It is extremely unlikely that this report will convince the FOMC to refrain from raising the target range for the fed funds rate at today's meeting.</li></ul></td> </tr></table>"