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Consumer inflation in US moderates while remaining elevated

Bloomberg NewsbyBloomberg News
August 11, 2021
in Risk Management
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Prices paid by U.S. consumers climbed in July at a more moderate pace, though not enough to provide major relief from the cost increases weighing on sentiment and driving policy debate.

The consumer price index increased 0.5% from June and 5.4% from a year ago, according to Labor Department data released Wednesday. Excluding the volatile food and energy components, the so-called core CPI rose 0.3% from the prior month and 4.3% from July 2020.

Price measures of food, energy, shelter and new vehicles all contributed to the July gain. Airfares and auto insurance costs declined.

Faced with supply constraints and surging demand, businesses are raising prices for goods and services as cost pressures mount. Ongoing challenges including materials shortages, shipping bottlenecks and hiring difficulties will likely continue to put broader upward pressure on prices in the months ahead.

At the same time, some of the price surges linked to the economy’s reopening are beginning to ebb. The Labor Department said a smaller gain in the costs of used cars and trucks was a “major factor” in the moderation of the core CPI.

“July was a bit of a transition month, as the reopening surge in prices started to abate while other categories show signs of taking the baton,” Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Amherst Pierpont Securities, said in a note.

The gain in the overall CPI from the prior month was in line with economists’ projections, while the core rate was less than forecast.

The S&P 500 opened higher, while the yield on the 10-year Treasury fell along with the U.S. dollar.

Fed Policy

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has emphasized elevated inflation will ultimately prove temporary, but it’s unclear when supply constraints will ease. A New York Fed survey released Monday showed consumers’ inflation expectations over the next year are at a record high, while expectations for the medium term rose to an eight-year high.

The path of inflation in the coming months has policy implications both for the Fed, in terms of its timeline for reducing monetary support, as well as President Joe Biden.

Persistent inflation may make it harder for Biden to win unified Democrat support for another $3.5 trillion in social spending after the trillions of dollars of fiscal relief already injected into the economy since the start of the pandemic.

What Bloomberg Economics Says…

“The July CPI report showed reopening-sensitive categories moderating in importance, posting the weakest contribution to the month-over-month gain since March…Services categories will take the baton over time, evident in our view that rents — a third of the CPI — will look sturdier over the second half.”

— Andrew Husby and Eliza Winger, economists

Many companies have increased — or plan to increase — consumer prices to offset higher material and production costs, including Colgate-Palmolive Co., Procter & Gamble Co. and Kimberly-Clark Corp.

American consumers are experiencing higher prices for dining out, groceries and personal care, the CPI data showed. Costs of food away from home rose 0.8% in July, the biggest monthly advance since 1981.

Bolstered by pandemic savings, eager-to-spend consumers have been price takers as of late. Spending patterns, however, may change when the surge in demand from reopening eases and if concerns about the delta variant curb economic activity.

Shelter costs, which are seen as a more structural component of the CPI and make up about a third of the overall index, increased 0.4% and accounted for more than half the monthly gain in the core index.

Muted Rents

The rent index rose 0.2%, as owners’ equivalent rent — a gauge of price appreciation for purchased homes — climbed 0.3%. While rents and home values have jumped recently, it takes time for the price shifts to feed into the official inflation measures.

The cost of lodging away from home, which includes hotel stays, continued to soar, rising 6% in July.

While wages have strengthened in recent months, higher consumer prices are eroding Americans’ buying power. Inflation-adjusted average hourly earnings declined 0.1% in July after a 0.5% drop a month earlier, separate data showed Wednesday.

”For now, the streak of outsized inflation surprises is over,” Jefferies’ Aneta Markowska and Thomas Simons said in a note. “However, it remains to be seen whether the period of elevated price pressures is truly over.”

–With assistance from Olivia Rockeman, Jordan Yadoo, Alexandra Harris and Sophie Caronello.

— By Reade Pickert (Bloomberg)

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