by Calculated Risk on 7/15/2009 08:31:00 AM
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
CPI up 0.7%; Core CPI up 0.2%
From the Census Bureau:
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.7 percent in June after rising 0.1 percent in May. The acceleration was largely caused by the gasoline index, which rose 17.3 percent in June and accounted for over 80 percent of the increase in the all items index.CPI is now off 1.2% year-over-year (YoY) - the largest YoY decline since the 1950s, but core CPI is up 1.7%.
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The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in June following a 0.1 percent increase in May.
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The index for shelter rose 0.1 percent for the second straight month, as did the indexes of two of its major components, rent and owners' equivalent rent.
Meanwhile owners' equivalent rent (OER) is up 1.9% year-over-year, although only up 0.1% in June. I expect OER to decline soon.