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Here's the inflation breakdown for March 2026 — in one chart

Cnbc · · 1157 words · By Greg Iacurci; Jessica Dickler
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“Inflation spiked in March as the Iran war pushed up gasoline and other prices for consumers.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm the link between the Iran war and March inflation spikes in gasoline and other goods.
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“The consumer price index, a key inflation measure, rose 3.3% in March from a year earlier”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm the 3.3% CPI increase in March.
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“That's up from 2.4% in February”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm the 2.4% CPI increase in February.
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“The March data release represents the first CPI report since the Iran war started on Feb. 28”
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Wikipedia confirms the 2026 Iran war began on February 28, 2026, supporting the claim that the March CPI report was the first after the war. The timing of the report is logically inferred from the confirmed war start date.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, Israel and the United States launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting military and government sites, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials, and infli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, following the 2026 Iran war, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraqi Iran-aligned Shi'ite militias, primarily operating under the umbrella of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF),…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iranian_strikes_on_the_Ku…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbr. CPI(M)) is a Marxist–Leninist political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats, and one of …
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“Oil prices — as measured by Brent crude oil, a global price benchmark — spiked to $118 per barrel by the end of March from roughly $70 per barrel before the conflict began”
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While Wikipedia mentions the Strait of Hormuz closure and oil market disruption, no specific data on oil prices ($118 vs. $70) is provided in the evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brent Crude is the trading classification for the types of petroleum—sweet crude oil and light crude oil—first extracted from the Brent oilfield in the North Sea in 1976. The term Brent Crude also ide…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Iran war, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has led to what the International Energy Agency has characterized as the "largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_impact_of_the_2026_Ir…
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“Retail gasoline prices soared 18.9% over the year”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm the 18.9% increase in retail gasoline prices.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Georgia ( JOR-jə) is a state in the Southeastern, South Atlantic, and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the northwest, North Carolina and South Carolina to the northeas…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geog…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital dist…
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“Consumers paid $4.12 per gallon, on average, as of Monday”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm the $4.12 per gallon gasoline price.
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“The jump above $4 a gallon was the first time the national average price had breached that price threshold since 2022”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm the first-time $4 gasoline price breach since 2022.
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“Airfares rose 14.9% over the past 12 months”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm the 14.9% increase in airfares.
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“The Strait of Hormuz is a key waterway for 1/5 of the world's oil supply”
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While Wikipedia mentions the Strait of Hormuz as a 'major maritime choke point,' no specific data on the 1/5 oil supply figure is provided in the evidence.
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“The Iran war began on February 28”
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“A ceasefire agreement was reached on February 28”
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“The U.S. Federal Reserve's inflation target is 2%”
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“The Strait of Hormuz blockade is still intact after the ceasefire”
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“Amazon introduced a 3.5% fuel surcharge starting April 17”
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