Bitcoin holds key support as U.S. headline inflation reaches 4.2% on energy costs
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Blaze Trends Business Desk
27d ago· 2 min readenNews
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U.S. headline inflation hit 4.2% annually in May, driven by energy costs linked to the Iran conflict, complicating the macroeconomic outlook. However, core inflation rose only 0.2% for the month, triggering a brief relief rally in digital assets. Bitcoin managed to hold a key technical moving average despite broader crypto market weekly losses. The Labor Department reported a 0.5% month-over-month increase in consumer prices.
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The price pressures complicated the macroeconomic outlook, though underlying core inflation rose by a milder 0.2% for the month.
The softer core data triggered a brief relief rally in digital assets, allowing Bitcoin to maintain a key technical floor while the broader crypto market faced deeper weekly losses.
U.S. headline inflation accelerated to an annual pace of 4.2% in May, driven by energy costs linked to the ongoing military conflict in Iran. The price pressures complicated the macroeconomic outlook, though underlying core inflation rose by a milder 0.2%
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