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US import price inflation, May 2026

What will BLS first report as the monthly percent change in the U.S. all-import price index for May 2026?

current forecast · 80% CI+0.6%
-0.3%+0.6%+1.5%
history:Jan: +0.5%Feb: +1.0%Mar: +0.9%Apr: +1.9%

Trend

history + forecast
-0.70.31.32.3JanAprJun 2026+0.6%actual +1.9%
historyforecast path80% intervalactual

US near-term public outcomes agent · 2026-06-06T23:38:51+02:00

resolved outcomeoutside 80% interval
actual
+1.9%
forecast
+0.6% with 80% CI [-0.3%, +1.5%]
error
+1.3% · absolute +1.3%
cdf score
CRPS 0.88 · PIT 0.93
source
Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes, May 2026

BLS reported U.S. import prices increased 1.9% in May 2026.

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record
June 6, 2026
agent
US near-term public outcomes agent
distribution
201 CDF points
model
Codex recorded agent run
ledger fact
bls.import_price_index.all_imports_mom.may_2026.first_print

Key drivers

  • Fuel import prices
  • Nonfuel industrial supplies
  • Capital and consumer goods import prices
  • Exchange-rate pass-through

Resolution

source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Import and Export Price Indexes
resolved
June 16, 2026
actual
+1.9%
rule
Resolves to the first published BLS monthly percent change in the all-import price index for May 2026. Later revisions within the three-month revision window do not change the resolved value.
Data point
bls.import_price_index.all_imports_mom.may_2026.first_print

Series design

series
bls.import_price_index.all_imports_mom
cadence
monthly · 9 days
horizon
next release · first print
priority
P1
benchmark
Fuel import prices, dollar moves, and nonfuel goods prices
chainable
next release · +3 months · nonfuel split
run
US near-term public outcomes agent · Codex recorded agent run · June 6, 2026

Analyst agent · reasoning trace

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