PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - SEPTEMBER 2026

Bureau of Labor Statistics ^ | October 15, 2026 | Bureau of Labor Statistics

[buckalfa]

The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 1.3 percent in September, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices moved up 0.5 percent in August and 0.2 percent in July.

The September increase is the largest advance since rising 1.7 percent in March 2022. On an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand climbed 6.3 percent for the 12 months ended in September, the largest 12-month increase since moving up 6.4 percent in December 2022.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government
KEYWORDS: inflation; ppi

[buckalfa]

The headline PPI number of 6.3% forecasts future inflation. An October surprise our side does not need if we have hopes of retaining either house of Congress in the midterms.

[kaktuskid]

It has to be more than fuel costs. More than likely the consolidation of companies such as in the food industry.

[delta7]

Inflation has a few causes, supply side, ( as we are witnessing), printing obscene amounts of dollars, ( as we are witnessing), remember the inflation figures are cumulative and add up over time.

The 3.7 percent they say we have ( it is false) ,it adds up year over year.

The only time we saw Inflation go to YOY negative ( minus was in the 50’s). We were on a Gold standard with little debt. The USD now purchases less than two percent of what it did in 1913.