US Inflation Rate Rises 0.6% in May
Jun 13th, 2008 | By Marc | Category: Featured, Financial NewsThe US inflation rate rose by 0.6% in May — the highest monthly increase since last November.
The core inflation rate, however, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, only rose 0.2%, easing fears that rising commodity prices would feed into more widespread inflation
But can the government’s inflation data be trusted? John Brown in The Daily Reckoning doesn’t think so…