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Core CPI inflation expected to tick up in March M/M, even before tariffs
The U.S. Department of Labor will release March's consumer price index data on Thursday, what's normally a closely watched metric that provides insight on inflation. But this month, tariff drama is ...
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US consumer inflation eases ahead of tariffs
Capital Economics estimated that inflation will peak at about 4%. Higher goods prices were not expected to spill over to services as a softening labor market puts a lid on wage gains. A separate ...
US labor market holds steady for now; tariffs keep businesses on edge
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased marginally last week, suggesting the labor market remained resilient despite darkening clouds over the economy ...
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US import prices muted, but tariffs loom over inflation
The report from the Labor Department on Tuesday added to March's benign consumer ... Further increases are likely as the ...
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Another inflation report underlines the strength of the US economy before Trump’s tariff chaos
It followed a similarly encouraging Consumer Price Index report, which on Thursday showed that overall inflation ... that ...
US consumer prices fell for first time in nearly five years ahead of tariffs
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 ...
Trump tweeted about inflation and ‘every word … is a lie,’ ex-MAGA says
Joe Walsh, who supported Trump’s 2016 presidential bid, pushed back on Trump’s rosy claims about the economy is a recent ...