March CPI Report: Tracking the Consumer Inflation Trend

Year-over-year consumer inflation data is expected to remain stubborn when March numbers are reported this morning. Economists surveyed expect the consumer-price index to rise 3.4% from a year earlier, with core CPI rising 3.7%. Here is how both measures have trended in recent years:

Year-over-year consumer inflation data is expected to remain stubborn when March numbers are reported this morning. Economists surveyed expect the consumer-price index to rise 3.4% from a year earlier, with core CPI rising 3.7%. Here is how both measures have trended in recent years.