Prices are already rising. Challenge for everyone here: Go to you favorite online retailer order history. Check the price of items bought last year vs today's price.
Several items I buy regularly are up 30+%. Many up around 10%. Some are the same, nothing lower. Average seems to be around 8%. Normal inflation should 2-3% / yr.
Of course, this is somewhat anecdotal given the small sample of a few dozen products I checked. But I would not trust inflation numbers from the government as a true reading of consimer costs. That has always been true, but with mass government layoffs and this administrations propensity for spin and lies, it is less trustworthy than usual.
