Friday’s inflation report is likely to show that consumer prices worsened in September for the second straight month as President Donald Trump’s tariffs have lifted the cost of some groceries and other goods. The report on the consumer price index is being issued more than a week late because of the government shutdown, now in its fourth week. The ongoing government shutdown means that this report is the first comprehensive economic data to be released in more than three weeks, and it will attract intense interest from Wall Street and officials at the Federal Reserve.
