The U.S. annual inflation rate surged to 4.2 percent last month, from 3.8 percent in April, according to new Bureau of Labor Statistics data released on June 10.
Target and Walmart posted stronger first-quarter sales, but warned of growing pressure on low-income consumers and an increasingly uncertain retail outlook.
The U.S. government will loan 53 million barrels of oil from the SPR to petroleum companies in bid to relieve elevated gas and oil prices amid Iran conflict.