As CPI report shows inflation continued at 2.8 percent in February, tariffs fueled worries of another recession, which President Donald Trump has declined to rule out.

Inflation slowed more than expected in February and cooled for the first time in four months, but that progress may be short lived as President Donald Trump ramps up his trade war, which threatens to increase prices for Americans.

All of February's factory cost inflation measures came in lower-than-expected in the Producer Price Index report released Thursday. Economists are weighing in on what it could mean for the U.S. economy going forward.