US CPI drops to 3.5%, below expectations: do hopes for rate cuts intensify, sparking a liquidity rebound for US AI stocks and Bitcoin?
On July 14, 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its June Consumer Price Index (CPI) report. The data showed that the U.S. June CPI fell 0.4% month over month, marking the first monthly negative growth since May 2020; the year-over-year increase dropped sharply from 4.2% in May to 3.5%, below the market’s 3.8% expectation. Core CPI was flat month over month and rose 2.6% year over year, also below expectations. This data triggered a rapid and widespread Chain Reaction in financial

























