US consumer inflation inched lower in February according to government data Wednesday, in the first full month of Donald Trump’s White House return — but concerns remain over potential stickiness as jitters grow over the president’s trade policies.
The consumer price index (CPI) came in at 2.8 percent last month from a year ago, down from 3.0 percent in January, said the Department of Labor, as the world’s biggest economy grapples with fears of a downturn sparked by Trump’s expanding slate of tariffs.
