The latest CPI data don’t even factor in the Iran conflict. Here are some takeaways.

In February, inflation rose by 0.3% month over month and 2.4% year over year. NBC News' Brian Cheung reports on the latest economic data, which comes from before the war in Iran began.

Inflation breakevens managed to flatline at around 3% through Tuesday (using the 2yr tenor), but through Wednesday, they ...

The inflation data captures the period before the Iran war broke out. Since then, oil prices have surged, driving inflation ...

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Inflation held steady in February, maintaining price increases at elevated levels in the weeks before the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran sent gasoline prices surging.

The Labor Department released the February 2026 consumer price index (CPI), which showed that inflation remained elevated ...

U.S. Treasury yields moved higher on Wednesday as assessed February's inflation report and monitored developments on the ...

The data may reveal less than usual about inflation’s path as it does not account for gas and oil price surges sparked by the Iran war in early March.

The new consumer price index report doesn't reflect the oil shock from the ongoing war in Iran.

The consumer price index was rose 2.4% in February 2026, above policymakers' target, economists said. War in Iran complicates the picture.

Some policymakers suggested it was too soon to say how a broadening conflict in the Middle East would impact the U.S. economy ...