03/12/2025

A Big Inflation Report is on the Way Today

Here’s what to expect

With concerns running high that President Donald Trump’s tariff policies will aggravate inflation, a report Wednesday could deliver some mildly encouraging news.

The consumer price index for February is forecast to show an increase of 0.3 percent for a broad array of goods and services across the largest economy in the world. That projection holds both for the all-items measure and the core index that excludes volatile food and energy prices.

On an annual basis, that would put headline inflation at 2.9 percent and the core reading at 3.2 percent, both 0.1 percentage point lower than in January.

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