U.S. consumers expect inflation to increase over the next 12 months and beyond, likely reflecting concerns that broad tariffs on imports pledged by President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration could raise prices for households.

Americans’ expectations for overall inflation over the next year jumped to 3.3% in January from 2.8% in the prior month, according to the University of Michigan’s gauge of consumer sentiment.

U.S. consumer confidence clouded over a little this month, after views of the economy weakened on expectations of higher inflation, as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office proposing tax cuts and new import tariffs.

U.S. consumer sentiment nudged down to 73.2 in January's preliminary estimate, vs. 74.9 consensus from December's 74.0, according to the University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers released on Friday. Consumers raised their inflation expectations for both the one- and five-year horizons.

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U.S. consumers are kicking off the new year in a downbeat mood as inflation expectations jumped. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index ticked down to a reading of 73.2 in the first few weeks of January,