CPI

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Final CPI inflation data for May are due from Germany, France and Spain on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Both inflation measures are running at multi-year highs, and core CPI hasn’t been at or below the Federal Reserve’s two percent target in more than five years.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The latest CPI reading was above the median forecast of nine economists in a Wall Street Journal poll tipping a 3.0% increase.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

In the 15 years leading up to the inflation of the 1970s, inflation was nearly three times more volatile than in the 15 years before the pandemic, CPI data show.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

That the US has been using only the CPI would counter that argument.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas