Today's consumer price inflation report for June was considerably softer than expected. US headline prices fell -0.4% month-on-month versus consensus expectations of a -0.1% outcome, while core inflation (ex-food and energy) was flat on the month versus expectations of a 0.2% increase. To three decimal places, it was a negative print of -0.017% MoM. As a result, the annual headline inflation rate slows to 3.5% year-on-year from 4.2% while core inflation slows to 2.6% from 2.9%. The details show gasoline prices fell 9.7% MoM, but there were also falls in education & communication of -0.8% MoM, used cars (-0.2%), ... (full story)