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based on the U.S. Department of Labor's consumer price index (CPI), on March 12. The monthly report tells consumers how much more expensive goods and services are, month-to-month and year-to-year.

The headline CPI number, which includes food and energy, is expected to edge up 0.1%, slowing from the 0.2% increase in February. On a Y/Y basis, that would come to +2.6% vs. +2.8% in the prior month.

But Wall Street analysts caution that it won't be long before higher import levies — including new penalties on China — kick in.

WASHINGTON >> U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell in March amid cheaper gasoline and used motor vehicles, but the benign inflation reading is unlikely to be sustained after President Donald Trump doubled down on tariffs on imported Chinese goods.

Inflation slowed in March as gasoline, used car prices dropped. Trump paused many of his largest tariffs for 90 days but others are taking effect.

the Labor Department said on Friday. The report was being closely watched for evidence of any economic slowdown that may be occurring because of uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s ...

the Labor Department reported Thursday. The deflation from March to April comes in below expectations of economists, who were predicting a 0.1 percent increase in the consumer price index (CPI ...

CPI fell 0.1% in March, while core CPI rose 0.1%, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said. 🍳 The average price of a dozen eggs topped $6 for the first time, but the on-the-month ...

The CPI, as it is called, measures the prices of consumer goods and services and is a measure of the pace of US inflation. The US Department of Labor publishes the CPI every month.