This week's inflation report will offer a first look at how President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff announcement has impacted pricing across the United States. Trump's tariff escalation, announced April 2,

Business owners explain how the Trump tariffs are driving up costs, cutting into profits, and depressing employment.

Investors eye more trade deals, updates from President Trump’s trip to the Middle East and fresh consumer inflation data after U.S. stocks soared Monday as investors celebrated major progress on U.S.-China trade talks.

It's normal for some prices to rise at a much faster pace than overall inflation, said Omar Sharif, founder and president of research firm Inflation Insights. The impact, he added, depends on the role such items play in a given person's finances.

American consumers, battle-scarred by the pandemic and the subsequent surge in inflation, are already changing their spending patterns and delaying some purchases due to President Donald Trump’s chaotic tariff policy and the broader economic uncertainty,

The White House has said its agreements with the U.K. and China are starting points, but so far the Trump administration has given up more than it has gained.

Annualized inflation eased to a 2.3 percent pace, the lowest since early 2021. But the month-to-month pace of inflation increased.

Democrats and their media cheerleaders have been wailing for months that President Donald Trump’s tariff policies would ignite a wildfire of inflation, scorching American wallets. Yet, here we are, with fresh inflation numbers that slap their fearmongering narrative right across the face.