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MNI BRIEF: US June CPI 1.3% M/M, Core 0.7%, Higher Vs Expected

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The U.S. consumer price index jumped a more-than-expected 1.3% in June from a month earlier as energy prices surged 7.5%, but core inflation also bested expectations, accelerating a tenth to 0.7%. The data could stoke market expectations for the Federal Reserve to consider another jumbo interest rate increase at its meeting later this month. Markets had expected a 1.1% rise in CPI last month.

Over the past 12 months, headline CPI has risen 9.1%, the most since November 1981, and core CPI turned in 5.9%. Energy inflation was 41.6% over the last year, the largest since 1980, while food inflation was 10.4%, the most since 1981.

Shelter rose 0.6% over the month, with rent jumping 0.8%, the most since 1986, and owners' equivalent rent rising 0.7%. Dallas Fed economist Jim Dolmas told MNI he sees little sign of slowing inflation. (See: MNI INTERVIEW: No Sign of Slowing in Inflation - Fed's Dolmas)

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

MNI Washington Bureau | +1 202-371-2121 | jean.yung@marketnews.com
MNI Washington Bureau | +1 202-371-2121 | jean.yung@marketnews.com

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