US EditionRate of inflation cooled
- Consumer prices increased by 0.2% in April 2025, continuing the trend of slowing inflation, with a 2.3% rise compared to the previous year.
- This slowdown occurred despite ongoing tariffs imposed during the Trump administration, which have not fully impacted prices yet due to timing and behavior.
- Ernie Tedeschi of Yale Budget Lab explained tariffs were not active for all of April and anticipation led consumers and businesses to buy before prices rose.
- A Yale Budget Lab report estimates tariffs will raise prices by 1.7% soon, increasing average household costs by about $2,800 annually, with evidence expected in upcoming CPI data.
- The latest figures suggest inflation has eased since February 2021, but tariff effects may cause future increases as policies continue to develop.
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If you love the news, check out The Liberty Daily's homepage. (DCNF)—CNN dismissed President Donald Trump’s claims about falling grocery prices just weeks before government data confirmed the sharpest monthly decline in food-at-home costs in nearly five years. The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed the food-at-home index dipping 0.4% in April — the steepest […]
US Inflation cools again in April even as some tariffs took effect
WASHINGTON, United States — Inflation cooled for the third straight month in April even after some of President Donald Trump’s tariffs took effect, though economists and many business owners expect inflation will climb by this summer. Consumer prices rose 2.3 percent in April from a year ago, the Labor Department said Tuesday, down from 2.4
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Rate of inflation cools and egg prices fall in US
WASHINGTON — Inflation cooled for the third straight month in April even after some of President Donald Trump's tariffs took effect, though economists and many business owners expect inflation will climb by this summer.
Why April's inflation rate was better than expected, despite swings in tariff rates
Despite tariffs that went up and down, April's inflation numbers were calm. NPR's A Martinez talks with Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, about why.
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