Even if you believe the highly manipulated government CPI data, April’s year over year inflation rate came in at 1.95%, a statistically insignificant difference from the Fed’s 2% target. If annualized, April’s monthly change would equate to a rate closer to 4%. On the producer side, the numbers are even worse. Last week the Producer Price Index (PPI) came in at .6% for April, after notching up .5% in March. These two months together annualize at 6.6%. So already there is very little wiggle room, if any, before the Fed reaches the point where even its dovish leaders should admit that inflation is a problem.