Inflation rate eases to 2.4% in March, lower than expected

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17. GRAPHS CPI: Rolling 3 month averages and month-over-month, all are annualized

News report from the source: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
CPI data series: https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUSR0000SA0
CORE CPI data series: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUSR0000SA0L1E

I annualize everything to be comparable to each other and to compare to the Fed's 2% target

They are calculated using the actual index values, not from the rounded off monthly change numbers.

The CPI rise averaged 2.6% over the past 3 months on an annualized basis (core CPI: 3.0%)
The March one month increase annualized is: CPI: -0.6%, CORE CPI: 0.7%

REGULAR CPI


CORE CPI


Both the CPI and Core CPI 3 month rolling average will be helped a lot next month (the April CPI) when the huge January increase drops out of the 3-month window. But who knows what the incoming tariffy numbers for April will look like

rolling 12 months averages graphs are in the OP