US consumer prices accelerated by the most in nearly 13 years in May as pent-up demand combined with higher prices for goods to stoke concerns about inflationary pressures.
Consumer prices were 5 per cent higher last month compared with a year ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Thursday. That represents the highest rate of inflation since the figure hit 5.4 per cent in August 2008, and compares with a 4.2 per cent rate in April
An underlying measure of inflation that strips out volatile items like food and energy, so-called core CPI rose 3.8 per cent in May on an annual basis — the most since 1992 — after a 3 per cent rise in April.
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