Alexandra Semenova
Reporter
Alexandra is a reporter at Yahoo Finance covering markets and Wall Street. Previously, she covered institutional investment for MandateWire, a subsidiary of the Financial Times. She also wrote for Bloomberg News, where she reported on U.S. automakers, as well as agriculture and commodities. Alexandra holds a master's degree in business journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.

Alexandra Canal
Senior Reporter
Alexandra Canal is a Senior Reporter at Yahoo Finance, covering the latest happenings in Hollywood, media, celebrity money moves, and fast food ventures. Alexandra joined Yahoo Finance in 2018 and has a passion for helping new investors more easily understand the first steps in securing their financial freedom. Besides the markets and investing, Alexandra is focused on the entertainment industry as well as the business of food, glorious food. She has interviewed A-list celebrities from Grammy winners Jennifer Hudson and Questlove to TV powerhouses like "This is Us'" Justin Hartley, "Succession's" Alan Ruck and "iCarly's" Miranda Cosgrove. Alexandra, who also has extensive experience behind the camera as a live show production manager, graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University.

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Inflation: February CPI expected to show slowest annual rise since September 2021

Alexandra Canal · Senior Reporter
Tue, March 14, 2023 at 6:51 AM EDT · 2 min read

February inflation data is expected to show a continued modest slowdown in consumer prices as investors weigh the latest report against the backdrop of the stunning collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last week.

The closely-watched Consumer Price Index (CPI), set for release at 8:30 a.m. ET Tuesday morning, is expected to show consumer prices cooled slightly last month, with headline inflation forecast to rise 6% over the prior year, a slowdown from January's 6.4% annual gain, according to estimates from Bloomberg.

A 6% increase would mark the slowest annual increase in consumer prices since September 2021.

"Core" inflation, which strips out the more volatile costs of food and energy, is forecast to rise 5.5% over last year and 0.4% over the prior month in February, marking a more modest slowdown than the headline figures are expected to show.

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