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What May inflation numbers might tell us about tariffs

by Stephanie Hughes

Keep your eye on an inflation measure that focuses exclusively on goods except for food and energy.

Core goods inflation could be one of the first places we see tariff-driven price hikes show up.

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Above, a demonstrator at a protest following federal immigration operations in Los Angeles on Sunday.

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