The public is showing signs of impatience for President Donald Trump to fulfill his campaign promises to solve inflation, but it might be on its way down all on its own. 

A CNN poll last week showed 62% of U.S. adults believe President Donald Trump has not gone far enough to reduce the price of everyday goods. Inflation heated up unexpectedly in January, rising to a 3% year-over-year increase (compared to around 2% a year before the pandemic).

Trump, who won in the November elections on a wave of voter 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:anger about inflation, pledged to "immediately bring prices down" and "end inflation" on 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:day one of his presidency.

Inflation May Fall On Its Own

While the cost of living is still high, forecasters have a few reasons to believe that inflation is on course to gradually fade without much help this♊ year.

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The Congressional Budget Office projects that inflation, measured by Personal Consumption Expenditures, will fall to 2.2% in 2025 down from 2.5% the year before. The federal agency foresees inflation reaching the Federal Reserve's goal of 2% by 2027. Forecasters at The Conference Board, an economic think tank, predict inflation will fade to 2% by the end of the year.

But Trump Could Impede The Process

Those projections come with at least one major caveat: the Conference Board noted that "the unpredictability of the current administration’s policies looms large over the outlook."

Trump has kept forecasters and financial markets 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:gu♋essing about his economic playbook, especially whether he will impose the heavy tariffs he has said he would on U.S. trading partners. Many economists believe those tariffs would increase inflation as merchants passed price increases on to consumers.

The CBO also said inflation could heat up again if tariffs drive up prices, which could raise consumers' inflation expectations and lead to a 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:self-fulfilling prophecy of higher prices.

No major forecasts anticipate prices falling, as Trump has promised, any time in the foreseeable future. Widespread price decreases, or 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:deflation, typically only happen when the economy is in severe distress, such as the Great Depression, and it's something the 澳洲幸꧂运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Federal Reserve active🍨ly tries to avoid.