Plummeting energy prices and favourable base effects drove headline CPI inflation below the Fed's 2.0% target in May, for the first time in 16 months. The annual rate actually fell to 1.7%, from 2.3%, and with retail gasoline and crude oil prices continuing to decline in June, inflation could be down to 1.5% soon.
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