Macro Data — US March CPI
13th April, 2021 2:22 pm March surprised mildly to the upside of consensus expectations, headline CPI hitting 2.6% yoy following a 0.6% mom increase. The main driver was the transport component (i.e. gasoline prices). These went from a net drag of -0.39%pts last year to a +0.96%pt driver of the yoy rate this time round, so a net swing of 1.35%pts, or half of overall yoy CPI rate.
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