The Labor Department said that the core producer price index for wholesale prices on goods excluding food and energy rose 0.5% in January, up from a 0.2% increase in December.

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The core prices in the producer-price index, which measures the cost of finished goods, rose 0.1%.

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Economists had been expecting the Producer Price Index to climb 0.7% and for core inflation to rise by 0.1%.

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