Here’s the inflation breakdown for August 2025 — in one chart
By Greg Iacurci, CNBC
Inflation picked up in August amid higher prices for staples like food and electricity, while tariffs put upward pressure on prices for physical goods like clothing and household furniture, economists said.
The consumer price index, a key inflation gauge, rose 2.9% in August from a year earlier, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday.
That’s an increase from 2.7% in July and the fastest annual pace of inflation since January.
