U.S. Treasury yields inched higher as investors looked ahead to fresh economic data, including a reading on retail spending.

Inflation cooled for the third straight month in April even after some of President Donald Trump’s tariffs took effect, ...

Economists expect the consumer-price index, due at 8:30 a.m. ET, to show annual inflation held steady at 2.4% in the 12 months through April. But the outlook is clouded by substantial uncertainty ...

And as far as the inflation data is concerned, any tariff effects would likely first emerge in goods (where some categories did show price jumps); however, any increases there were offset by ...

Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Inflation was relatively mild in April ... including meaningful effects of higher tariffs that could show up later this summer. That month-over-month reading ...

Investors will be tuned in for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation report to be released ... to bounce back from losses last week, as the Dow dropped 0.2% last week, while the S&P 500 fell ...

"All of these policies are evolving, however, and their effects on the economy remain highly uncertain," he added. MORE: What's in the US-China trade framework? Inflation levels are nowhere near ...

Negotiations this past weekend likely will blunt the worst effects of higher tariffs on Chinese goods, but the Trump administration’s tariff regime overall could lead to more inflation.