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The consumer price index for both all-items and core increased 0.2% in February, slightly below expectations. On an annual basis, headline inflation was at 2.8%, while core was at 3.1%. Both also were 0.1 percentage point below the Wall Street consensus and the previous month’s levels.
The report provided some relief as consumers and businesses worry about the looming impact tariffs might have on inflation.

Inflation-adjusted average hourly earnings increased 0.1% for the month and were up 1.2% from a year ago, the BLS said in a separate release.

“Today’s CPI report shows inflation is declining and the economy is moving in the right direction under President Trump,” Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, said in a statement. “This inflation report, much like last week’s jobs report, is far better than the media predicted and the so-called ‘experts’ expected.”

The Fed meets next week and is widely expected to hold its key borrowing rate in a target range between 4.25%-4.5%.

The US economy added 151,000 jobs in February in first full jobs report under Trump’s second term.
February’s jobs report marks another month of seemingly solid job gains and a continuation of a historic expansion of the US labor market.

Trump on Friday touted data that showed the US manufacturing sector added 10,000 jobs in February. He delivered remarks from the Oval Office, flanked by a bar chart displaying the estimated 10,000-job gain in comparison to 111,000 manufacturing jobs lost in the past 12 months of the Biden administration.

Economists on Friday noted that the pickup in manufacturing and sectors such as construction were welcome signs for labor market stability and overall economic activity.