The further jump in core CPI inflation to a 28-year high of 3.8% in May, from 3.0%, was again driven by the same handful of categories most directly affect by the lifting of virus restrictions. But there were also signs of emerging inflationary pressures in other sectors, including housing costs and restaurant prices, which suggests that not all the current upward pressure on inflation will prove transitory.
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