Charts! Overall consumer prices were up 4.2 percent in May, the fastest year-over-year inflation since April 2023. Core prices, excluding food and energy, were up 2.9 percent. #NumbersDay
Ben Casselman
U.S. consumer prices rose 0.5 percent in May and were up 4.2 percent from a year earlier. "Core" prices, excluding food and energy, were up 0.2 percent month-over-month and 2.9 percent year-over-year.
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