The continued growth was driven by higher prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, with the beef index showing its largest ever monthly increase. Higher prices for shelter, recreation, medical care, household furnishings and operations, and new vehicles helped limit the downside. "Overall, there is little evidence that the pandemic is resulting in widespread downward pressure on prices and, with the initial impact of the earlier plunge in demand now fading, we doubt core inflation will fall further from here," said Andrew Hunter, Senior U.S.