New inflation figures released Tuesday added to signs that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are driving up the cost of everyday goods, even as lower energy prices helped temper overall increases. The Labor Department’s consumer price index for July showed that the annual pace of inflation remained at 2.

But so-called core inflation — which excludes volatile food and energy costs — rose above 3 percent for the first time in six months as more businesses began to pass along the cost of the administration’s tariffs to American consumers.