A woman looks at eggs for sale in a Giant grocery store in McLean, Virginia on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
NEW YORK: US consumer prices probably picked up in April after the smallest advance in nine months, foreshadowing a broader acceleration as many companies seek to pass on higher tariffs.
A closely watched gauge of prices paid by Americans for goods and services, excluding volatile food and energy costs, is forecast to have risen 0.3%, based on a Bloomberg survey of economists.
