{"id":2421988,"date":"2025-04-10T09:51:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inflation-fell-to-2-4-in-march-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T09:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:53:11","slug":"inflation-fell-to-2-4-in-march-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inflation-fell-to-2-4-in-march-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Inflation fell to 2.4% in March &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finflation-fell-to-2-4-in-march-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2421988&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In March, inflation dropped to 2.4% year-over-year, marking a decrease of four-tenths of a percentage point, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This decline was anticipated by forecasters who expected a drop of three-tenths of a percentage point. This news is especially favorable for President Donald Trump, who is together engaging in trade wars that could otherwise increase prices. On a monthly basis, inflation decreased by 0.1%, and core CPI inflation, excluding food and energy, fell to 2.8%.The Federal Reserve is closely monitoring these inflation figures to determine future interest rate adjustments.Despite last year&#8217;s notable rate cuts, the Fed has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-latin-america-after-record-tightening-could-lead-way-on-rate-cuts\/\" title=\"Latin America, having experienced significant tightening, may pave the way for ....\">held rates steady<\/a> in recent meetings due to persistent inflation. Economic growth appears to be slowing, and uncertainties surrounding Trump\u2019s tariff policies may lead to greater inflationary pressure and a potential recession. federal Chairman jerome Powell noted that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs-spark-retaliation-from-allies-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"...&#039;s steel and aluminum ... spark retaliation from allies - Washington Examiner\">newly implemented tariffs<\/a> are larger than expected, suggesting significant economic consequences.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Inflation&nbsp;fell to 2.4% in March<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2077470\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inflation<\/a>&nbsp;dropped to&nbsp;four-tenths of a percentage point to 2.4%&nbsp;for the year ending in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday morning, a reassuring datapoint amid uncertainty about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">economic policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Forecasters expected a drop in the inflation rate of three-tenths of a percentage point, after it fell the month before. The decrease is good news for President Donald Trump, who is carrying out simultaneous trade wars that threaten to put upward pressure on prices. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3374836\/cognitive-test-looms-large-over-trump-physical-exam\/\">Cognitive test looms large over Trump physical exam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3374977\/states-preparing-real-id-deadline\/\">How states are preparing for the looming Real ID deadline<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3373251\/culture-clash-new-right-future-coexist-post-trump\/\">Clash of cultures: Can the New Right coexist with the old &mdash; and with itself?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>On a month-to-month basis,&nbsp;inflation&nbsp;dropped 0.1%.<\/p>\n<p>This CPI report was hotly anticipated, given that inflation has been unexpectedly sticky over the past several months. Trump vowed to lower&nbsp;inflation&nbsp;on the campaign trail and entered office, in part, because of that commitment.<\/p>\n<p>Core CPI&nbsp;inflation, which strips out volatile food and energy&nbsp;prices,&nbsp;<strong>fel<\/strong>l to 2.8% for the year ending in March.<\/p>\n<p>Officials at the Federal are watching the inflation numbers closely to determine whether to lower interest rates further to spur more economic activity or to forgo further rate cuts to try to tamp down inflation.<\/p>\n<p>The Fed cut rates by a whole percentage point last year. As high inflation persisted, though, the central bank opted to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">hold interest rates steady<\/a> at its January and March meetings.<\/p>\n<p>The Fed&rsquo;s goal is 2% annual inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has plowed ahead with tariff plans recently, which has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/housing-starts-fall-to-lowest-level-since-2020-as-mortgage-rates-remain-high\/\" title=\"Housing starts hit record low since 2020 due to persistently high mortgage rates.\">caused economic uncertainty<\/a> and led to major losses in stock markets.<\/p>\n<p>Stocks cratered after Trump announced 10% tariffs on most countries and much higher levies on others, but posted record one-day gains on Wednesday when he announced a rollback of some of those.<\/p>\n<p>There are also indications of a slowdown in economic growth and economists have said the odds of a recession are rising.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3371364\/republicans-keep-estate-tax-hobbled-eliminated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">REPUBLICANS LOOK TO KEEP THE ESTATE TAX AT BAY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, speaking at a business conference in Virginia, said that&nbsp;the&nbsp;new tariffs are larger than&nbsp;the&nbsp;Fed&nbsp;anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pressures-powell-to-cut-rates-just-before-feds-tariff-warning\/\" title=\"... pressures Powell to cut rates just before ...&#039;s tariff warning\">uncertainty remains elevated<\/a>, it is now becoming clear that&nbsp;the&nbsp;tariff increases will be significantly larger than expected,&rdquo;&nbsp;Powell&nbsp;said. &ldquo;The&nbsp;same is likely to be true of&nbsp;the&nbsp;economic effects, which will include higher inflation and slower growth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2077470\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2077470\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inflation decreased to 2.4% in March, down four-tenths of a percentage point, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 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Analysts had predicted a three-tenths drop following last month&#8217;s decrease<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3360,"featured_media":2421989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/march-cpi-inflation.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36602,36437,5708,53181,32076],"class_list":["post-2421988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-economic-news","tag-financial-update","tag-inflation","tag-march-2023","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/march-cpi-inflation.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2421988"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2421992,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421988\/revisions\/2421992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2421989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2421988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2421988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2421988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}