The producer price index, which measure wholesale inflation, has sagged over the past few months.
The producer price index increased a seasonally adjusted 0.4%, slightly less than expectations for a 0.5% rise.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report and the producer price index.
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The Producer Price Index fell 0.2% after virtually no change in March, the Labor Department said this morning.
Meanwhile the producer price index fell more than expected, dropping 0.4% in June.
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Thursday, in addition to the jobless claims, we have the Producer Price Index.
Economists had been expecting the Producer Price Index to climb 0.7% and for core inflation to rise by 0.1%.
On Friday, we get the Producer Price Index and the initial reading on consumer sentiment from the University of Michigan.
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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.
U.S. economic data due for release Friday includes the producer price index and the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey.
Consumers might be paying through the nose for goods and services, but the producer price index is on the decline.
Inflation bounced up again in July, with the Producer Price Index (PPI) jumping 0.2% after having declined 0.4% in June.
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Earlier in the week, the government said new-home sales dropped 2.8% and that the producer price index rose 1% last month.
Separately, the producer price index in August rose 1.7% from a month earlier, above the expected 1%, because of rising energy prices.
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Here might be why: The collapsing cost of digital technologies and Web distribution gets worked into the Producer Price Index and Consumer Price Index.
U.S. economic reports due for release Thursday include the weekly jobless claims report, the producer price index, retail sales, and manufacturing and trade inventories.
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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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.
U.S. economic data due for release Wednesday includes the weekly MBA mortgage application survey, the producer price index and the weekly DOE energy storage report.
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The Labor Department also reported on the producer price index today.
Then on Tuesday, we get the Consumer Price Index, which may be interesting, as the Producer Price Index last Friday was higher than expected at 1.1%.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the producer price index, new residential construction and the Philadelphia Fed business survey.
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.
U.S. economic data due for release Friday includes the producer price index, the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey, and the monthly Treasury budget statement.
U.S. economic data due for release Wednesday includes the FOMC minutes, weekly MBA mortgage applications survey, the Producer Price Index, retail sales, and manufacturing and trade inventories.
On Thursday, we will get the monthly report on the Producer Price Index and jobless claims, followed by the Consumer Price Index and industrial production numbers on Friday.
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The price of crude materials in the Producer Price Index (PPI) increased by 3.3% in January alone and now stands 21% above where it was just six months ago.
That news, coupled with a slightly hotter inflation reading--the Producer Price Index rose 1.4% in January, above the anticipated 0.8%--weighed on shares as the Street got a soft open.
Regulated pipelines can be money machines, particularly since federal regulators just doubled to 2.6% the annual adjustment to the Producer Price Index that operators can pass through to their customers.
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