BLS Releases May 2016 Consumer Price Index (June 2016)





06.16.2016

BLS Releases May 2016 Consumer Price Index (June 2016)

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released Consumer Price Index data for May. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2% in May.

The food index saw a decline of 0.2% as a result of the decline in all six major grocery store food group indexes. The gasoline index however rose 2.3% driving an increase of 1.2% in the energy index.

The full report is available as a PDF below:

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