In May 2025, the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded a mild increase of 0.1 percent from the previous month, following a 0.2 percent rise in April. The annual inflation rate reached 2.4 percent, slightly under the anticipated 2.5 percent but up from 2.3 percent the preceding year. Key contributors to the month's CPI rise included shelters and food indices, both up by 0.3 percent, while the energy index fell by 1.0 percent, led by a decline in gasoline prices. Over the same 12-month period, food price inflation climbed to 2.9 percent, and energy prices contracted by 3.5 percent.
