{"id":62845,"date":"2025-08-13T00:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T00:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/62845\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T00:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T00:33:09","slug":"core-inflation-jumps-as-consumers-face-higher-prices-with-trumps-tariffs-kicking-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/62845\/","title":{"rendered":"Core inflation jumps as consumers face higher prices with Trump\u2019s tariffs kicking in"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Inflation rose largely in line with expectations in July, according to the new Consumer Price Index report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.<\/p>\n

Inflation increased by 0.2 percent in the past month and by 2.7 percent, over the past 12 months. Core CPI \u2013 which measures inflation on all items except for food and energy \u2013 rose by 0.3 percent and by 3.1 percent. Core CPI includes everything from the cost of health care, housing and medical services to purchases like clothing, furniture and travel.<\/p>\n

The food index did not change while the index for energy dropped by 1.1 percent last month, and gas fell 2.2 percent. <\/p>\n

The CPI data comes after President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs on more than 90 countries kicked in last week. On Monday, he announced another 90-day pause on tariffs against China as negotiations continue<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s report is the first major one from the Bureau of Labor Statistics since Trump fired the chief labor statistician following a weak jobs report <\/a>that showed the economy added only 73,000 jobs in July and significantly revised down the number added for May and June. <\/p>\n

\"TheThe Consumer Price Index rose by 0.2 percent in July just as President Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs begin to take effect. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The July numbers represent the final month before Americans will begin to see prices spike for everything from Irish Whiskey to Toyotas made in Japan to Brazilian coffee<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Trump had initially rolled out tariffs on \u201cLiberation Day\u201d in April before putting the plan on pause after the stock market tumbled and the Treasury bond market spiked. <\/p>\n

The CPI data also revealed some specific spikes on food items. Meats increased 1 percent in the past month and 5.8 percent in the past year. Fruits also saw an increase, with bananas, which are imported, rising by 0.4 percent and citrus fruits rising by 2.0 percent. <\/p>\n

The shelter index \u2013 which measures the cost of housing both in rentals and for homeowners \u2013 increased by 0.2 percent, offsetting drops in food and energy.<\/p>\n

Used cars and trucks rose by 0.5 percent and medical care services rose by 0.8 percent. <\/p>\n

On Monday, Trump announced that he had nominated D.J. Antoni<\/a>, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics after he fired Erika McEntarfer. Antoni contributed to the Heritage Foundation\u2019s Project 2025 roadmap that the Trump administration has largely followed to guide his second presidency.<\/p>\n

The CPI numbers suggest that even though Trump paused many of his reciprocal tariffs, Americans are still feeling effects. Trump\u2019s on-again-off-again strategy with tariffs has led Wall Street traders to dub the situation \u201cTACO\u201d, or \u201cTrump Always Chickens Out.\u201d<\/p>\n

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt hailed the numbers and said that people have not been hit by tariffs. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Panicans continue to be proven wrong by the data \u2013 President Trump\u2019s tariffs are raking in billions of dollars, small business optimism is at a five-month high, and real wages are rising,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cThe American people have rightfully put their trust in President Trump\u2019s America First agenda that is Making America Wealthy Again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump has argued that Americans will not be affected. But a study from the Yale Budget Lab last week showed that consumers face an overall average tariff rate of 18.6 percent, the largest since the Great Depression. <\/p>\n

The CPI report will also surely be watched by the Federal Reserve and Chairman Jerome Powell as he weighs whether to keep interest rates steady to control inflation or cut interest rates, which the president has long wanted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-62845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}