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Economic Indicators
Sep 14, 2023
Bottom Line: Producer prices rose more than expected than in August as the goods economy appears to be starting to bottom. Critical sectors like trade/transportation/warehousing saw notably higher prices. Processed and unprocessed goods prices were sharply higher, up 2.1% and...
Aug 11, 2023
Bottom Line: Producer prices rose slightly more than expected than in July. But the trend continued to fall towards sub-2% annualized readings on pipeline inflation. Core PPI was just under 2.4% above year-ago levels, but annualizing at just 1.7% and...
Jul 13, 2023
Bottom Line: Producer prices rose even less than expected again in June as pipeline inflation on the goods side of the economy continues to decelerate sharply. At the headline level, producer prices have seen deflation in the last three- and...
Jun 14, 2023
Bottom Line: The Producer Price Index fell more than expected in May, with the headline down 0.3% and core prices flat. The year-on-year reading for the headline index was down to just +1.1%. Excluding the volatile food and energy segments,...
May 11, 2023
Bottom Line: PPI rose modestly in April, as expected, at both the headline and core level as energy and most commodity-related prices rebounded. Still, the rebound was modest, and trends remained firmly toward decelerating price pressures. Final demand services have...
Apr 13, 2023
Bottom Line: Producer prices fell for the third time in the last four months in March. With core prices lower, the report was well below expectations. While there were upward revisions to previously reported, the trend remained decidedly lower. Goods...
Mar 15, 2023
Bottom Line: Producer prices fell in February, with core prices flat, well below expectations. After strong gains in January, producer prices in February were led lower by food prices, as well as energy. But perhaps even more important than the...
Feb 16, 2023
Bottom Line: Producer prices rose more than expected in January as energy prices rebounded. Core prices saw their biggest gains since last May. Goods prices, especially processed goods, rebounded as service prices continued to increase modestly. While trade, transportation and...
Jan 18, 2023
Bottom Line: Producer prices fell more than expected at the headline level in December as energy prices slumped. Core prices saw continued slower inflation as services, especially those related to transportation and warehousing, joined the slowdown in goods prices that...
Dec 9, 2022
Bottom Line: Producer prices rose slightly more than expected, continuing a sharp deceleration in producer price pressures. However, the readings were stronger than expected and were revised higher for October. Final demand services led the increase, with about 1/3rd of...
Oct 12, 2022
Bottom Line: Producer prices rose slightly more than expected in September due to higher food and energy prices, but the core final demand continued to moderate as expected. Moreover, the BLS revised August prices a touch lower. Prices of transportation...
Sep 14, 2022
Bottom Line: Producer prices fell in August, slightly more than expected, amid lower energy prices. Final demand less food and energy rose slightly more than expected but was lower on a year-over-year basis and trending in the right direction, up...
Aug 11, 2022
Bottom Line: Producer prices fell in July, led by lower energy prices. But core prices rose less than expected too. The biggest driver of increases at the core level remained margins in the trade services sectors. Outside of that, though,...
Jul 14, 2022
Bottom Line: Producer prices rose sharply again in June, led by goods for the sixth consecutive month, as energy prices rose sharply. Headline PPI was nearly 11.2% year-over-year, annualizing at 10% over the last three months. But "core", final demand...
Jun 14, 2022
Bottom Line: Producer prices rose sharply again in May, led by final demand goods for the fifth consecutive month, as energy prices rose sharply. Truck transportation prices led a more modest increase at the core level, where PPI excluding energy...
May 12, 2022
Bottom Line: Producer prices rose slightly less than expected in April but were revised sharply higher for March. Core producer price gains were notably slower in April, but gains for March were revised up from +0.972 to +1.16, and February's...