WASHINGTON, May 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. consumer inflation rose 2.3 percent year-on-year in April, down from 2.4 percent in March and 2.8 percent in February, the U.S. Labor Department reported Tuesday.

According to the report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index (CPI), a broad measure of goods and services costs across the U.S. economy, increased 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in April, after falling 0.1 percent in March.

CPI rose 0.5 percent in January and 0.2 percent in February.

Driven primarily by a 12.7 percent decrease in the index for eggs, the index for meats, poultry, fish and eggs fell 1.6 percent in April after rising in recent months.

Despite that, the meats, poultry, fish and eggs index rose 7.0 percent over the last 12 months as the eggs index increased 49.3 percent.

The latest inflation report showed that the so-called core CPI, which excludes food and energy, grew 0.2 percent in April, following a 0.1 percent rise in March.

The core CPI rose 2.8 percent over the 12 months ending in April, matching the 2.8 percent growth in March and down from 3.1 percent in February, signaling continued inflationary pressure. ■