CNN —Wholesale price inflation unexpectedly accelerated in June to its highest rate since March 2023.
That’s an unwelcome development for the US economy one day after the government announced that consumer prices declined on a monthly basis for the first time in four years.
On a monthly basis, prices rose 0.2% after holding flat in May.
Economists had expected that prices would increase 0.1% on a monthly basis and hold steady at 2.2% annually.
Prices dropped on a monthly basis for the first time since May 2020, and annual inflation slowed to 3%, its slowest rate since June 2023.
Persons:
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Organizations:
CNN —, of Labor Statistics, PPI, Federal Reserve