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Following the US consumer price index, the producer price index also rose significantly.
The producer price index in June rose more than 11% from the same month last year.
Inflationary pressures are bolstering prospects that the US Federal Reserve could raise rates by up to 1 percentage point at a time.
Correspondent Kim Jong-won from New York reports.
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Along with the producer price index and the consumer price index, which show the prices at which producers supply the market, the US Federal Reserve is the main price index that the Federal Reserve takes into account when determining interest rates.
Today (15th) it was announced that the US producer price index for June rose 11.3% from a year ago.
This is similar to 11.6% in March, when Russia invaded Ukraine, and 1.1% higher than in May a month ago, increasing the increase.
Energy prices jumped more than 10%, while gasoline prices in particular rose more than 18% from the previous month.
The wholesale price of goods also rose by 2.4% from a month ago, and this increase in wholesale price later led to a rise in consumer prices, raising concerns about inflation.
Following a 9% rise in the consumer price index, the producer price index also rose sharply, raising the possibility that the US Federal Reserve may raise the key interest rate by 1 percentage point at once.
In the midst of this, signs of an economic downturn are appearing everywhere.
International oil prices fell 0.5% today on fears of declining demand, trading at their lowest level since April, and copper prices, the world's economic barometer, are also plunging.
In particular, as the number of new unemployment insurance subscribers recorded 230,000 in June, which was higher than the market's expectations, there are concerns that the strong job market, which supported the US economy despite intense monetary policy, is not getting worse.