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Here's what new data from the producer price index says about where inflation is headed, according to economists.
The producer price index (PPI) for final demand rose 0.9% month-over-month after a flat reading in June. Core PPI, which ...
We learned Tuesday that consumer prices are relatively stable across many goods and services, despite higher tariffs. On ...
The headline PPI reading rose 0.9% month-over-month. This was more than 4X the increase economists were expecting. Read more ...
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Inflation Is Back, Time to Worry

The Producer Price Index surged in July, in part due to tariffs. Consumers could face sharp inflation again toward the end of ...
Stocks moved lower on Thursday as investors reacted to the producer-price index showing a 0.9% bump for the month of July.
Massive downward revisions in July's jobs report last week fueled concerns that the labor market is softening too quickly, ...
Leading cryptocurrencies dived on Thursday after hotter-than-expected wholesale inflation tempered risk appetite.
Earlier this week, falling bond yields and growing expectations for aggressive Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts in the ...
The S&P 500 rally has a downside for inflation: surging portfolio management costs. Those costs surged 5.8% in July. Yet ...
The producer-price index is volatile and often overshadowed by consumer price trends, but analysts were paying attention ...
The monthly rise was the biggest since June 2022, and the annual increase the highest since February this year. Core PPI, which strips out volatile data points, rose by 3.7 percent over the year, its ...