US March Consumer Price Index Rises 3.3% Due to Surge in Gasoline Prices

Recently NHK News on-line reported the following:

US March Consumer Price Index (Source NHK)

米 3月消費者物価指数 3.3％上昇 ガソリン価格の急上昇で

2026年4月10日午後9時57分

(2026年4月11日午前0時57分更新)

消費者物価指数

円相場や株価にも影響する、アメリカの3月の消費者物価指数は、去年の同じ月と比べて3.3％の上昇となりました。イラン情勢を受けてガソリン価格などが急上昇したことが主な要因で、1年10か月ぶりの高い上昇率です。

アメリカ労働省が10日に発表した3月の消費者物価指数は、前年同月と比べて3.3％の上昇となりました。

上昇率は、前回 2月を0.9ポイント上回り、おととし5月以来、1年10か月ぶりの高い水準となっています。

イラン情勢を受けてガソリン価格が急上昇したことが主な要因で、エネルギー全体では12.5％上昇しました。

また、物価の瞬間風速を示すと言われる前月からの伸び率は0.9％となり、2月の0.3％から大きく上昇しました。

このうちガソリン価格の上昇率は21.2％と、統計を取り始めた1967年以来、最も高くなりました。

一方、変動の大きい食品やエネルギーを除いた、いわゆるコアの物価指数は、去年の同じ月と比べて2.6％の上昇となり、前の月を0.1ポイント上回りました。

アメリカとイランによる停戦合意後も、ホルムズ海峡の船舶の航行には大きな変化が見られず、今後の協議の行方も依然として不透明で、インフレが再び加速することへの警戒感が高まっています。

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US March Consumer Price Index Rises 3.3% Due to Surge in Gasoline Prices

April 10, 2026, 9:57 PM

(Updated April 11, 2026, 12:57 AM)

Consumer Price Index

The US Consumer Price Index for March, which also affected the yen exchange rate and stock prices, rose 3.3% compared to the same month last year. The main factor was the sharp rise in gasoline prices and other prices due to the situation in Iran, representing the highest increase in 1 year and 10 months.

The US Department of Labor announced on the 10th that the Consumer Price Index for March rose 3.3% compared to the same month last year.

This increase was 0.9 percentage points higher than February, the previous month and was the highest level in 1 year and 10 months since May two years ago.

The main factor was the sharp rise in gasoline prices due to the situation in Iran, with overall energy prices rising 12.5%.

Furthermore, the month-on-month increase, often considered an indicator of instantaneous price fluctuations, was 0.9%, a significant increase compared to 0.3% in February.

Of this, gasoline prices rose by 21.2%, the highest increase since statistics collection began in 1967.

Meanwhile, the so-called core price index that excluded volatile food and energy prices, rose by 2.6% compared to the same month last year, it was 0.1 percentage points higher than the previous month.

Even after a ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran was reached, significant change in shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz had not been noticed, and as the outcome of future negotiations remained uncertain, concerns about a renewed acceleration of inflation was rising.

So, the US Consumer Price Index for March rose 3.3% compared to the same month last year. The main factor was the sharp rise in gasoline prices and other prices due to the situation in Iran. Apparently, concerns about a renewed increase in inflation remain high.