Ua paʻi ka helu kumukūʻai kūʻai o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo US (CPI-U) i kahi moʻolelo kiʻekiʻe ma Mei, me ka pale ʻana i nā manaʻolana o kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻonui.Ua hāʻule nui nā kumukūʻai o US i ka nūhou.

Ma Iune 10, ua hōʻike ka Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) i ka piʻi ʻana o ka helu kumukūʻai o nā mea kūʻai aku i ka 8.6% i Mei mai ka makahiki ma mua, ʻo ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa mai Dekemaba 1981 a me ke ono o ka mahina i ʻoi aku ka CPI ma mua o 7%.Ua ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka mākeke i manaʻo ʻia, ʻaʻole i hoʻololi ʻia mai ka 8.3 pākēneka i ʻApelila.ʻO ka wehe ʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka ikehu, ʻo ka CPI kumu he 6 pākēneka.

"He ākea ka piʻi ʻana, me ka nui o nā hale, ka ʻaila a me ka meaʻai."Nā moʻolelo hōʻike BLS.Ua piʻi ka helu kumukūʻai o ka ikehu i ka 34.6 pakeneka ma Mei mai ka makahiki ma mua, ʻo ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa mai ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa 2005. Ua piʻi ka helu kumukūʻai meaʻai i 10.1 pākēneka mai ka makahiki ma mua, ʻo ka piʻi mua ʻana ma mua o 10 pākēneka mai Malaki 1981.