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Inflation report to show U.S. price growth remains elevated, posing challenge to Trump

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Prices for so-called core items, which exclude food and energy, were expected to have remained unchanged in January .

That is well above the Federal Reserve’s official 2% goal.

The biggest source of increase for economists’ preferred inflation measure is housing costs.

Without further progress in slowing price growth, President Trump may face pressure to take more aggressive action.