Sean Gallup/Getty Images Will we be seeing this less in 2018?As expectations for inflation heat up, the December consumer-price index set for release on Friday will command the attention of investors looking to gauge whether the bond market’s expectations for higher price pressures will pan out, or fizzle in its usual style. For much of 2017, the 2% inflation goal has remained elusive despite the tightest labor market in decades, leading the Federal Reserve and Chairwoman Janet Yellen to describe its absence last year as a puzzle. Against that backdrop, the central bank has struggled to justify its three projected rate increases in 2018.via