The BEA's core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index for May shows that core inflation continues to be above the Federal Reserve's 2% long-term target at 2.6%. The May core Consumer Price Index (CPI) release was higher, at 3.4%.
An executive order by Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will limit the ability of the country's commodity exporters to take advantage of tax credits, thereby hurting their bottom lines. In turn, this is pushing soybean and corn prices higher.
Corn prices continue to struggle to find support in the current market environment domestically. But factors outside U.S. borders could help buoy prices.
The BEA's core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index for April shows that core inflation continues to be above the Federal Reserve's 2% long-term target at 2.8%. The April core Consumer Price Index (CPI) release was higher, at 3.6%.