Consumer prices were up 2.3% in April from a year earlier, the Labor Department reported Tuesday, cooler than March’s gain of 2.4%. That was below the 2.4% that economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had expected.

CPI rose by 0.2% for the month, lowering the 12-month trend rate to 2.3% – the lowest trend rate since February 2021.

Inflation eased to a four-year low in April as the nascent impact of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs were offset by their cost-dampening effects in a slowing economy. Overall consumer prices increased 2.