New inflation figures released Tuesday added to signs that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are driving up the cost of everyday goods, even as lower energy prices helped temper overall increases. The Labor Department’s consumer price index for July showed that the annual pace of inflation remained at 2.

The July inflation report keeps an interest-rate cut firmly on the table after the Federal Reserve’s meeting next month. The lack o

For much of the spring, inflation data mostly defied concerns that Trump’s tariffs would ignite price increases, surprising analysts who had braced for higher inflation and weak

Factory-gate prices probably rose in July, economists forecast. The producer-price index likely increased 0.2% from a month earlier, according to economists polled by The Wall Street Journal. The inde