From April to May, the U.S. saw the smallest increase in inflation since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
WASHINGTON — A measure of prices that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve suggests that inflation pressures in the U.S. economy are continuing to ease.
Friday’s Commerce Department report showed that consumer prices were flat from April to May, the mildest such performance in more than four years. Measured from a year earlier, prices rose 2.6% last month, slightly less than in April.
Excluding volatile food and energy prices, so-called core inflation rose 0.1% from April to May, the smallest increase since the spring
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