Inflation in the United States closed 2022 at 6.5%

Inflation in States Joined closed 2022 at 6.5%, which meant a reduction of 0.6 percentage points from the 7.1% registered last November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported this Thursday.

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In this way, inflation in the world’s main economy maintains a slow, but constant moderation since June of last year, with which it could be assumed that the inflationary peak has already occurred.

At a monthly level, in December, inflation in the United States contracted by -0.1%, explained by a drop of -16.6% in the energy services division; -9.4% in gasoline and -2.5% in used vehicles.

Thus, in the period of 12 months, food increased by 10.4%; followed by food inside the home that rose 11.8%, while food outside the home rebounded by 8.4%.

Electricity rose by 14.3%, while the domestic gas did the same in 19.3%. Transportation services increased by 14.6%.

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Among the total categories in which inflation in the United States is analyzed, only two registered falls at the end of the year. The gas contracted by -1.5%, while the used car division which for a long time was the one that led inflation, ended the year at -8.8%.

With this data of 6.5%, the expectations that the analysts consulted by the analysts had about the data were met. Bloomberg in their usual session.

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This new inflation report gives the exit order for the Federal Reserve on the new considerations on how to conduct the monetary policy of the country that, after previous statements that occurred this week, it is expected that the interest rate be taken to more than 5%, which led the markets to considerable falls.

Secondly, underlying inflation, the one that does not include food or energy, closed 2022 at 5.7%, a reduction of 0.3 percentage points from the 6% it registered last November.

This would represent its third consecutive drop since the September measurement. Like the general data, this figure coincides with the expectations that the market had about the end of the year.

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However, this indicator at its monthly level rose 0.3% in December, slightly higher than the figure of 0.2% achieved the previous month.

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