Prices
Inflation, read the way its builders do — CPI, PCE, PPI, and the detail tables.
- June 11, 2026 The Pipe Behind the Pump Is Loaded PPI
May producer prices show the inflation pipeline loading up — a record monthly jump in goods and supercore at a four-year high — held out of consumer prices only by shrinking margins.
- June 10, 2026 The Second Inflation Wave Is, So Far, an Oil Shock CPI
May CPI ran hot, but more than 60% was energy — so far a war-driven oil shock sitting on a core that hasn't broken out.