Inflation was a driving force behind Donald Trump's election victory, but he's put the issue on the back burner during his first week in office.

Trump has promised to cut regulations, impose sweeping tariffs, overhaul energy policy and lower interest rates. But not all of those measures will bring down inflation.

Economists and analysts aren’t convinced that an expansion of oil and gas production will lower consumer prices.

Trump will probably seek to ease inflation and lower prices by drilling for more oil, loosening regulations, reducing federal spending, experts say.

Despite Trump’s flurry of executive orders, none touched on inflation or consumer costs. Two months ago, in his first network television interview after the election, Donald Trump said he owed his victory to Americans’ anger over immigration and inflation,