{"id":11424,"date":"2026-06-05T17:06:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/?p=11424"},"modified":"2026-06-05T19:21:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:21:24","slug":"inflation-likely-to-hit-a-three-year-high-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/us-week-ahead\/inflation-likely-to-hit-a-three-year-high-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Inflation likely to hit a three-year high in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns pad-t-hlf mob-pad-t-hlf pad-b-hlf mob-pad-b-hlf pad-l-hlf mob-pad-l-hlf pad-r-hlf mob-pad-r-hlf has-rbc-bright-blue-tint-4-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-c94bf079 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:5px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pad-b-hlf mob-pad-b-hlf pad-t-hlf mob-pad-t-hlf is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:98%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center mar-l-hlf pad-l-hlf\" style=\"grid-template-columns:22% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1767\" height=\"1632\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/12\/Icon-calend-dec-19-25.png?quality=80&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6212 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/12\/Icon-calend-dec-19-25.png 1767w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/12\/Icon-calend-dec-19-25.png?resize=300,277 300w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/12\/Icon-calend-dec-19-25.png?resize=768,709 768w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/12\/Icon-calend-dec-19-25.png?resize=1024,946 1024w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/12\/Icon-calend-dec-19-25.png?resize=1536,1419 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1767px) 100vw, 1767px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"Intro\">Next week, all eyes will be on CPI data, and we do not expect that it will be a reassuring development. <strong>We forecast headline to increase +0.5% m\/m in May<\/strong>, which will bring the year-over-year pace to 4.2%.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Higher energy prices continue to push headline inflation up. And we do not expect to see a meaningful reprieve in the food space either, especially following recent headlines about beef prices. <strong>Our forecast for core calls for a +0.3% m\/m uptick in May, which would nudge the year-over-year pace to 2.9% &#8211; well below headline but moving in the wrong direction for the Fed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Higher jet fuel prices will continue to add to core services, while tight labor markets which keep a floor under wage growth are limiting core services disinflation. And core goods inflation has been helped in recent months by new and used car prices, which are masking price pressures for trade-exposed products like apparel, personal care products, and motor vehicle parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both ISM manufacturing and services surveys highlighted soaring input costs. And recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/us-analysis\/us-featured-analysis\/the-us-producer-price-index-an-early-warning-system-for-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-dig-id=\"LP-U.S.WeekAhead-11424-81b128fe\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-category=\"LP-U.S.WeekAhead\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">PPI data<\/a> suggests that firms do have the pricing power to pass off these higher input costs. In May, we expect producers continued to pass off higher input prices. <strong>We anticipate that we will see a +0.6% m\/m increase in both headline and core PPI \u2013 bringing the headline pace of growth up to +6.3% y\/y and core at +5.5% y\/y respectively.<\/strong>\u00a0 The April NFIB survey highlighted a spike in firms (nearly 30%) anticipating that they will raise prices within the next three months, which suggests that passthrough will continue through the summer months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is bad news for consumers but good news for the labor market. If firms have sufficient pricing power to preserve margins by passing off higher input costs, there are unlikely to be mass layoffs. And the May jobs report showed net new job creation continued (to the tune of 172K). An unemployment rate that is stable at exceptionally low levels (4.3%) is reassuring, but a stable job market will come at the expense of consumer budgets. For now, households have been saving less to accommodate higher prices in other areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-05-111338.png?quality=80\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11554\" style=\"width:650px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-05-111338.png 695w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-05-111338.png?resize=300,258 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mar-t wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Aside from inflation data, here\u2019s what else we\u2019re watching:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-rbc-list is-style-chevron-list pad-b\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our forecast calls for existing home sales to come in at 4.01 million for the month of May<\/strong>. Home sales are expected to remain sluggish, as the mortgage backdrop continues to weigh on affordability.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We anticipate that initial jobless claims will rise to 232k for the week ending June 6th.<\/strong>&nbsp; We anticipate that initial jobless claims could&nbsp; moderate in the coming weeks, but will still likely remain at exceptionally low levels. Continued claims have largely ticked lower on a four-week moving average basis since November.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5741\" height=\"2577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/06\/US-WA-June-5-26.png?quality=80\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/06\/US-WA-June-5-26.png 5741w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/06\/US-WA-June-5-26.png?resize=300,135 300w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/06\/US-WA-June-5-26.png?resize=768,345 768w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/06\/US-WA-June-5-26.png?resize=1024,460 1024w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/06\/US-WA-June-5-26.png?resize=1536,689 1536w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/06\/US-WA-June-5-26.png?resize=2048,919 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5741px) 100vw, 5741px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About the Authors:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Mike Reid<\/strong>&nbsp;is Head of US Economics at RBC. He is responsible for generating RBC\u2019s US economic outlook, providing commentary on macro indicators, and producing written analysis around the economic backdrop.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><em><strong>Carrie Freestone<\/strong>&nbsp;is a Senior US Economist at RBC. She is responsible for generating RBC\u2019s US economic forecasts across GDP, employment, and inflation, and providing macro commentary through publications, presentations, and the media.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Imri Haggin<\/strong>&nbsp;is an <em>US<\/em><\/em> <em>Economist at RBC, where he focuses on thematic research. His prior work has centered on consumer credit dynamics and treasury modeling, with an emphasis on leveraging data to understand behavior.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":318,"featured_media":4524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[11,110],"rbc_econ_content_type":[],"class_list":["post-11424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-week-ahead","tag-economy","tag-u-s"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Inflation likely to hit 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