Inflation Ticked Up Last Month, Backing the Fed’s Caution on Rate Cuts Consumer prices climbed 3.2 percent last month from a year earlier, down notably from a 9.1 percent high in 2022, but still quicker than the roughly 2 percent that was normal before the pandemic. #press https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/12/business/inflation-fed-interest-rates.html?utm_source=press.coop