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US CPI Beats Expectations, With Core Goods Prices Sticky

DATA REACT

Strong price pressures were evident in the May CPI report.

  • Unrounded CPI headline +0.6442; core +0.7373. So headline almost beat expectations by even more on a rounded basis (was +0.6% vs +0.5% expected). Core was a "solid" +0.7% (vs +0.5% expected).
  • Core goods prices looking sticky at +1.82% M/M (just a slight deceleration from April's huge +1.99%), core Services at +0.37% (from +0.54% April).
  • Chart below shows a few key reopening- / bottleneck related sectors in core % m/m. All but New Cars (chip-related) saw decelerations, but especially lodging away from home.


Source: BLS, MNI

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