Economics
US Inflation Quickens to 9.1%, Amping Up Fed Pressure to Go Big
- Consumer price index climbed 1.3% from May, most since 2005
- Increase reflected higher gasoline, shelter and food costs
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US inflation roared again to a fresh four-decade high last month, likely strengthening the Federal Reserve’s resolve to aggressively raise interest rates that risks upending the economic expansion.
The consumer price index rose 9.1% from a year earlier in a broad-based advance, the largest gain since the end of 1981, Labor Department data showed Wednesday. The widely followed inflation gauge increased 1.3% from a month earlier, the most since 2005, reflecting higher gasoline, shelter and food costs.