YoY Core CPI, 3.1% Up 0.3% in the last 3-months In the last 40 YEARS, only once has the Fed CUT rates when core was above 3% AND the 3m chg was >0.3%, Oct 1990 to Mar 1991. Agree with @EpsilonTheory, the 2% infaltion target is dead. We are accepting a higher inflation world.