The consumer price index increased 0.1% for the month of May, lower than economists' predictions, with the annual rate reaching 2.4%.

Consumer sentiment increased in June for the first time in six months, the latest sign that Americans’ views of the economy have improved as inflation has stayed tame and the Trump administration has reached a truce in its trade fight with China.

The latest Producer Price Index, a closely watched measurement of wholesale inflation, rose 0.1% in May, lifting the annual rate to 2.6%, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Thursday.

Consumers are starting to feel more optimistic, based on the latest University of Michigan sentiment data. Part of that rise may be because they are less worried about inflation. Yahoo Finance Markets Reporter Josh Schafer takes a closer look at the data.

The European Central Bank's inflation target of 2% is in reach, ECB President Christine Lagarde was quoted as saying in an interview published on Saturday. In the interview with China's Xinhua news agency earlier this week which was released on the ECB website,

A sustained surge in oil prices is likely to complicate the U.S. fight against inflation. A $10-a-barrel increase would boost year-over-year growth in the consumer-price index by 0.5 percentage points,

Argentina's monthly inflation rate slowed to its lowest level in more than five years in May, official data showed on Thursday, adding momentum to President Javier Milei's drive to rid the country of chronically soaring prices.

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Israel’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities risk pushing back the timeline for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts as the US central bank waits to assess any potential impact on inflation, economists said.

Major equity indices, which had been hovering near all-time highs, pulled back as geopolitical risks surged back to the forefront.