JUST IN: The cost of gas, food, and other items has caused inflation to hit a new 40-year-high.
And it’s not just energy driving prices higher. Food prices rose 10.1%, the first double-digit increase since 1981. The shelter index, which measures rents and other housing costs, posted a 5.5% increase, the biggest 12-month gain since 1991.Beautiful Friday Afternoon To Be Outdoors Before Overcast Skies, Rain Move Into Philadelphia Region This Weekend
Used car prices, which had shown signs of moderating with monthly declines over the last three months, rose once again, lifting prices 16.1% over the last 12 months. New car prices are up 12.6% over the same period. A shortage of computer chips has curbed production at automakers, and that limited invented is responsible for the rise in prices.
Strong demand for air travel at the start of the summer travel season is also lifting airfares, which posted a one-month jump of 12.6% in May, the third straight month of a monthly rise of greater than a 10%. In the last 12 months, airfares are up 37.8% and fares in May are 21.7% higher than in May 2019, before the pandemic caused a near halt in demand for air travel.
The high pace of inflation means the Federal Reserve is all but certain to continue to aggressively raise interest rates when it meets next week.The-CNN-Wire ™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. All rights reserved.
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