The advanced GDP price index is at its lowest level since the second quarter of 1998.

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Wholesale-level inflation, via the Producer Price Index, is running in the 4 to 6 percent range in most developed economies.

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We are starting to see consumer-level inflation, via the Consumer Price Index, creep up in various economies, but, to date, there has been a disconnect between the 4 to 6 percent wholesale-level inflation and the 1 to 2 percent consumer-level inflation.

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It was reported this morning that the Producer Price Index, measuring inflation at the producer level, rose 0.8% in November, its biggest gain since March.

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The Labor Department also reported the producer price index, which measures inflation at the wholesale level, climbed 0.3% in April after dropping 1.2% in March.

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Libby Bierman, Sageworks analystThe improved profitability is impressive, considering modest inflation at the producer level in recent years, as measured by the Producer Price Index.

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