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PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - JUNE 2022The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 1.1 percent in June, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This rise followed advances of 0.9 percent in May and 0.4 percent in April. (See table A.) On an unadjusted basis, final demand prices moved up 11.3 percent for the 12 months ended in June, the largest increase since a record 11.6-percent jump in March 2022.In June, three-fourths of the advance in the index for final demand was due to a 2.4-percent rise in prices for final demand goods. The index for final...

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U.S. producer prices increased by the most in five months in March, but underlying wholesale inflation was tame. The Labor Department said on Thursday its producer price index for final demand rose 0.6 percent last month, lifted by a surge in the cost of gasoline. That was the largest increase since last October and followed a 0.1 percent gain in February. In the 12 months through March, the PPI rose 2.2 percent after advancing 1.9 percent in February. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the PPI would climb 0.3 percent in March and increase 1.9 percent on a year-on-year basis....

The decline was unexpected. Economists polled by MarketWatch had predicted a 0.1% increase in the PPI after a 0.6% gain in April and a 0.5% rise in March. The price of goods fell 0.2% in May led by a drop in the wholesale cost of energy. The price of services also decreased 0.2%. Personal consumption, a new index designed to foreshadow changes in the consumer price index, fell 0.2% in May.

U.S. Dec PPI rose 0.3 pct Wednesday January 14, 8:30 am ET WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department monthly producer price index (1982 equals 100, except where noted): . Seasonally Adj Unadjusted . Dec Nov Dec03/02 Finished Goods 0.3 -0.3 4.0 Less Food, Energy -0.1 -0.1 1.0 Consumer Foods 0.2 -0.3 7.7 Energy Goods 1.8 -1.2 11.5 Finished Goods Index(X) 144.5 144.5 N/A Residential NatGas(W) -0.9 -1.1 20.2 Gasoline 5.1 -4.8 14.9 Heating Oil 6.4 -1.6 13.6 Tobacco Products(X) 0.2 0.1 -0.1 Passenger Cars 0.2 -0.8 1.9 Capital Equipment -0.1 -0.1 0.9 Pharmaceutical Preps 0.2 -0.1 4.1 Intermediate...

U.S. NOV PPI fell 0.3 pct Friday December 12, 8:30 am ET WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department monthly producer price index (1982 equals 100, except where noted): . Seasonally Adj Unadjusted . Nov Oct Nov03/02 Finished Goods -0.3 0.8 3.4 Less Food, Energy -0.1 0.5 0.5 Consumer Foods -0.3 2.2 7.9 Energy Goods -1.2 -0.1 9.9 Finished Goods Index(X) 144.5 145.5 N/A Residential NatGas(W) -1.1 -1.8 20.8 Gasoline -4.8 -3.0 7.8 Heating Oil -1.6 9.6 12.5 Tobacco Products(X) 0.1 0.5 -7.4 Passenger Cars -0.8 1.6 0.8 Capital Equipment -0.1 0.6 0.9 Pharmaceutical Preps -0.1 0.2 3.9 Intermediate...

U.S. Aug PPI rose 0.4 pct Friday September 12, 8:32 am ET WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department monthly producer price index (1982 equals 100, except where noted): . Seasonally Adj Unadjusted . Aug July Aug03/02 Finished Goods 0.4 0.1 3.4 Less Food, Energy 0.1 0.2 0.4 Consumer Foods 0.7 -0.2 5.0 Energy Goods 1.2 0.3 14.2 Finished Goods Index(X) 143.5 143.0 N/A Residential NatGas(W) -1.5 unch 28.9 Gasoline 6.3 3.6 20.8 Heating Oil 1.6 1.7 21.5 Tobacco Products(X) unch unch -7.9 Passenger Cars 0.3 0.4 0.8 Capital Equipment 0.1 0.4 0.8 Pharmaceutical Preps 0.3 0.6 4.8 Intermediate...

U.S. July PPI rose 0.1 pct Thursday August 14, 8:32 am ET WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department monthly producer price index (1982 equals 100, except where noted): . Seasonally Adj Unadjusted . July June July03/02 Finished Goods 0.1 0.5 3.0 Less Food, Energy 0.2 -0.1 0.2 Consumer Foods -0.2 0.4 3.7 Energy Goods 0.3 3.4 14.4 Finished Goods Index(X) 143.0 143.1 N/A Residential NatGas(W) unch 3.6 34.1 Gasoline 3.6 7.6 16.2 Heating Oil 1.7 9.0 18.9 Tobacco Products(X) unch -0.1 -8.0 Passenger Cars 0.4 -0.7 0.4 Capital Equipment 0.4 -0.1 0.7 Pharmaceutical Preps 0.6 0.7 4.7 Intermediate...

U.S. May PPI fell 0.3 pct Friday June 13, 8:29 am ET WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department monthly producer price index (1982 equals 100, except where noted): . Seasonally Adj Unadjusted . May April May03/02 Finished Goods -0.3 -1.9 2.5 Less Food, Energy 0.1 -0.9 -0.1 Consumer Foods 0.1 0.9 3.7 Energy Goods -2.6 -8.6 11.9 Finished Goods Index(X) 142.1 142.1 N/A Residential NatGas(W) 0.8 -3.1 31.5 Gasoline -11.1 -22.3 9.5 Heating Oil -14.6 -29.3 8.2 Tobacco Products(X) 0.2 -8.4 -7.8 Passenger Cars 0.2 -2.6 -0.5 Capital Equipment 0.1 -0.5 0.2 Pharmaceutical Preps -0.1 0.8 4.1 Intermediate...