US Economic Perspectives: Small inflation impact from Apple price hikes

UBS estimates that Apple's 19% average product price hike will add approximately 0.02 percentage points to PCE inflation, distributed across the June, July, and August CPI reports.

Key Takeaways

• 1.Apple's recent 19% logarithmic average price increase on products is expected to have a marginal impact on US inflation metrics.
• 2.The inflationary impact will be distributed across the June, July, and August CPI prints due to the timing of price collections.

Table of Contents

• US Economic Perspectives
• Small inflation impact from Apple price hikes
• The impact will spread across June, July, and August CPIs
• The larger question is will others follow suit; We have not raised our forecast

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