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The Consumer Price Index for October will show how price pressures are trickling through the U.S. economy. See more of our coverage in your search results. Colby Smith covers the Federal Reserve. U.S. inflation has accelerated this year as the war with Iran, along with an artificial intelligence investment boom, have stoked price pressures across the country. Data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday will show just how potent those pressures continue to be. Economists broadly expect a reprieve in October, with overall prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index rising 0.3 percent for the month after a 0.6 percent jump in September. "Core" prices, which strip out volatile food and energy items, are forecast to have risen just 0.2 percent. But don't expect a year-over-year comparison. The agency will not release one given that it was unable to collect data during last year's government shutdown, which ran from Oct. 1 through Nov. 12. The trajectory of inflation is being closely watched by the Federal Reserve. Tuesday's C.P.I. report will be the last before the central bank meets for its final gathering of the year on Dec. 8 and 9. November's report comes out the day after the meeting. Policymakers have broadly signaled that they will raise rates next month as they seek to stamp out price pressures that have pushed inflation further away from their goal.