Inflation surged 9.1% year-over-year in June, thanks to record gas prices. The Fed now has the go-ahead to make another super-sized interest rate hike
Inflation surged to a new pandemic-era peak in June, with US consumer prices jumping by 9.1% year-over-year, according to fresh data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
That's the highest level in more than 40 years and higher than the previous reading, when prices rose by 8.6% for the year ended in May. It is also much higher than the 8.8% that economists had predicted, according to Refinitiv. The Consumer Price Index for June also showed that overall prices that consumers pay for a variety of goods and services rose by 1.3% from May to June. Much of the June increase was driven by a jump in gasoline prices, which were up nearly 60% over the year.
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