Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices but also places more weight on housing services prices, was a bit lower. According to the BEA, core PCEPI grew 3.1 percent in June, up from 2.6 percent in the preceding month. It has averaged 2.6 percent over the last three months and 2.8 percent over the last year.

U.S. inflation increased in June as tariffs boosted prices for imported goods like household furniture and recreation products, supporting views that price pressures would pick up in the second half of the year and delay the Federal Reserve from resuming cutting interest rates until at least October.