The Labor Department on Wednesday reported that consumer prices in October rose 2.6% from a year earlier. That marks a pickup in the pace of inflation from September, when prices were up 2.4% on the year.

Forget the "Fed put." These days, it's starting to seem like the Federal Reserve has been working on a new derivative: the Fed call. That's according to Doug Ramsey, chief investment officer and portfolio manager at the Leuthold Group.

After having made "a great deal of progress" in bringing down inflation from 40-year highs, Logan said in remarks prepared for delivery to an energy conference at the Dallas Fed, "I anticipate the FOMC will most likely need more rate cuts to finish the journey."