Thanks to some unfavourable base effects, the annual rate of headline CPI inflation rebounded to 1.4% in May, from 1.1%, even though prices increased by only 0.1% m/m last month specifically. Nevertheless, inflation is still well below the Fed's 2% target, allowing the central bank plenty of scope to phase out its quantitative easing very gradually.
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