US wholesale inflation stagnated in February thanks to a sharp decline in trade margins, though one measure of goods prices jumped and details were also less favorable for the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge.

U.S. wholesale inflation decelerated last month, suggesting that price pressures are easing for now. But the progress may not last as President Trump intensifies his

U.S. producer prices were unexpectedly unchanged in February, but the cooling trend is unlikely to be sustained as tariffs on imports are expected to raise prices of goods in the coming months. The unchanged reading in the producer price index for final demand last month followed an upwardly revised 0.