The May PPI data brought worse news for the Fed than was the case with the CPI data, with large gains in the portfolio management and airfares components pushing our estimate for the core PCE deflator up to 0.39% m/m. That would be enough to push the annual rate of core PCE inflation up to 3.5% in May, from 3.3%, marking the highest rate since late 2023.
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