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.

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.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, inflation rose by 2.3% year over year and 0.2% month over month in April, the slowest pace since 2021. NBC News’ Brian Cheung and Investopedia’s editor-in-chief Caleb Silver break down the latest economic numbers.