WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices rose a hotter-than-expected 0.5% in December.

New data on producer price inflation, or PPI, will be released on Friday. And while it’s not the inflation that faces consumers, it impacts decisions companies make about raising prices.

Producer price index fell 0.1% in August after July’s 0.7% rise. Wholesale services prices dropped as firms absorbed tariff costs. Core producer prices also slipped, rising 2.8% year over year. Fed ...

Two inflation reports are out this week that might give a bit of whiplash. Tuesday we learned consumer prices are relatively stable across many goods and services — despite higher tariffs. But then ...

Producer prices rose faster at year’s end: The Producer Price Index (PPI) for final demand increased 0.5% in December, following gains of 0.2% in November and 0.1% in October. On an annual basis, ...

The Producer Price Index (PPI) for final demand rose 0.9% in July, marking its largest monthly increase since early 2022. The annual PPI increase reached 3.3%, the highest 12-month gain since February ...

The U.S. Producer Price Index increased 0.5% M/M in January, hotter than the +0.3% consensus and +0.4% in December (revised ...

Inflation, as measured by the producer price index, fell seven-tenths of a percentage point to 2.6% for the year ending in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday, a sign that price ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices rose a hotter-than-expected 0.5% in December. Saks Global to shutter 15 more department stores in bankruptcy restructuring Customs and Border Protection ...

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