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US inflation falls to 2.3% in April

Author: Claire Jones in Washington and Kate Duguid in New York Source: Financial Times
May 13, 2025 at 09:27

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US inflation fell to 2.3 per cent in April, the month Donald Trump imposed his global tariffs, as the US president maintains pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.

Tuesday’s annual consumer price index figure from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was below the expectations of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg that inflation would remain at March’s 2.4 per cent rate.

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