Inflation stays stubbornly high, U.S. CPI shows, even as prices rise more slowly

The numbers: Consumer prices rose a scant 0.1% in March largely because of lower energy costs, but U.S. inflation more broadly was still high and showed little sign of quickly subsiding.

Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal had forecast a 0.2% increase in the consumer price index. It was the smallest uptick in three months.

The yearly…