Dow Jones Today: DJIA Jumps Above 48,000 After Soft CPI Revives Fed Rate-Cut Hopes (Updated Dec. 18, 2025, 1:50 p.m. ET)
NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded firmly higher Thursday as investors digested a cooler-than-expected U.S. inflation report that reignited hopes the Federal Reserve could keep easing policy into 2026—while also raising fresh questions about the quality of the data after an extended government shutdown disrupted price collection.