Good morning! It’s Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money, lingering inflation edition.

Inflation picked up for a fourth straight month in January, amid another rise in in food and energy costs, Paul Davidson reports, possibly setting the stage for a year of halting progress in the battle to slow consumer price increases as President Donald Trump rolls out his import tariffs.

You're probably wondering what that means for interest rates.

And what about egg prices?

Starting off your day with bacon and eggs? It'll cost you.

Grocery price inflation has come a long way since hitting 13.5% in the summer of 2022, but January saw a notable jump, with prices up 1.9% from the same month last year, Bailey Schulz reports. 

The item with the largest monthly price jump in consumers' grocery carts? We'll give you a dozen guesses.

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