Headline CPI inflation fell to a more than two-year low of 4.0% in May, thanks to favourable base effects and another sharp drop back in energy prices last month but, with core price inflation still as high as 5.3%, and core prices rising by 0.4% m/m, the Fed is likely to signal tomorrow that it is minded to hike interest rates at the late-July FOMC meeting.
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