US core CPI y/y
Headline CPI:
- Prior was +2.4% y/y
- Current y/y is +2.6%
- m/m reading at +0.2% vs +0.2% expected
- Month-over-month unrounded 0.2441 vs 0.1799% prior
Core measures:
- Core CPI +3.3% vs +3.3% expected
- Core CPI m/m +0.3% vs +0.3% expected
- Core unrounded +0.2800% vs +0.3124% m/m prior
- Real weekly earnings +0.1% vs -0.1% prior (prior revised to +0.1%)
- Core services ex shelter +0.3% vs +0.554% prior
- Core-CPI services ex-rent/OER +0.2% vs +0.404% prior
The market found enough in this report to sell the US dollar. The unrounded core number and core services ex-housing are the likely catalysts and the dollar is down around 20 pips.
