BlockBeats News, April 11. Yesterday, the official release of the March Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the US confirmed previous market expectations — the inflation spike was caused not by demand recovery, but by typical cost-push inflation driven by rising energy prices. The overall CPI increased by 0.9% compared to the previous month, reaching a new high in recent years. Only energy prices surged sharply by 10.9%, and gasoline prices rose by 21.2%, accounting for approximately three-quarters of the total increase, clearly demonstrating a significant transfer of the "Iranian risk premium" into the inflation system. However, core CPI rose only 0.2% and remained subdued, indicating that demand is not overheating synchronously, and the economy is still experiencing cost-push inflation rather than asymmetric demand-driven inflation.