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US PPI up beyond forecasts Thu, Feb 18 2010, 13:48 GMT FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Inflation on the producer level in the US increased beyond expectations in January. The producer price index was up 1.4% in January, while the market had only expected an increase of 0.8% from the 0.4% growth seen in December. In annual terms, the PPI in January grew by 4.6% over forecasts of a repeat of December's 4.4% rate.

Dec. 15, 2009, 8:55 a.m. EST U.S. producer prices soar 1.8% in November Core PPI increases 0.5%; both rates come in higher than expected By Greg Robb, MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Higher energy costs pushed the U.S. producer price index to surge 1.8% in November, the Labor Department reported Tuesday -- a rate that far exceeded analysts' expectations. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had predicted a rise of 1.0% for the month. Core producer prices, excluding volatile food and energy, rose 0.5% -- also above forecasts and the largest increase since October 2008. Read forecasts of major indicators. The November gain...

PPI: Freezing ("Below Zero" Deflation Alert)y Karl DenningerOctober 20,2009 But I thought Bennie And The Feds programs were working? The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.6 percent in September, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decrease followed a 1.7-percent rise in August and a 0.9-percent decline in July. In September, at the earlier stages of processing, prices received by manufacturers of intermediate goods moved up 0.2 percent and the crude goods index fell 2.1 percent. On an unadjusted basis, from September 2008 to September 2009, prices for finished...

  This information reflects FDA’s current analysis of available data concerning these drugs. Posting this information does not mean that FDA has concluded there is a cause and effect relationship between the drug products and the emerging safety issue.  Nor does it mean that FDA is advising health care professionals to discontinue prescribing these products. FDA is considering, but has not reached a conclusion about whether this information warrants any regulatory action. FDA intends to update this document when additional information or analyses become availableThe FDA is aware of published reports that clopidogrel (marketed as Plavix) is less effective in some...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Wholesale prices plunged 1.4% in August, led by falling food and energy prices, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. Energy prices dropped 6.6% in August, while food prices fell 0.2%, the fourth straight decline after five months of hefty increases. Excluding volatile food and energy, however, the core producer price index climbed a greater-than-expected 0.2% on higher drug and car prices. Economists expected the PPI to fall 0.4% and the core to rise 0.1%. The report on producer prices shows few inflationary pressures in the production pipeline as of August. But energy prices have soared since then, taking...

Home construction fell to its lowest point in nearly 10 years during January in an unexpectedly large decrease that erased hopeful gains posted in two prior months. A separate report showed wholesale prices fell last month, after two strong months of gains, suggesting that underlying inflationary pressures remain broadly contained. Core prices, however, which exclude volatile food and energy costs, rose. Housing starts plunged by 14.3% to a seasonally adjusted 1.408 million annual rate, the Commerce Department said Friday. Building permits also resumed falling. The government raised its original estimate for December starts. Construction rose by 5.0% to 1.643 million,...

The Bush economy keeps rolling

WASHINGTON - A big jump in gasoline prices pushed inflation at the wholesale level up in March at the fastest pace in three months, as oil prices above $70 a barrel sent consumers a high-octane warning of expensive fuel costs ahead. The Labor Department reported that wholesale prices rose by 0.5 percent in March following a 1.4 percent decline in February, which had been the largest drop in nearly three years. The March increase was slightly worse than the 0.4 percent rise that Wall Street had been expecting and was driven by a 9.1 percent surge in gasoline prices, the...

The Labor Department reported that its Producer Price Index, which measures price pressures before they reach the consumer, rose 0.9 percent in December, the biggest increase since a 1.7 percent jump in September. For all of 2005, wholesale prices rose by 5.4 percent. That was the biggest increase since a 5.7 percent increase in 1990... However, core inflation, excluding energy and food, was up a more moderate 1.7 percent in 2005... Retail sales posted a weaker-than-expected 0.7 percent increase in December, the Commerce Department reported, after rising by 0.8 percent in November. "Retailers continue to report good sales momentum in...

Sept. PPI up 1.9% (0.3% ex food, energy) Year-over-Year up 6.9% (biggest hike since 1990)

THE CONSUMER Five popular heartburn drugs work in essentially the same way, but only one of them, Prilosec, is sold without a prescription. Does that mean it is not as effective as the others? No, doctors say, Prilosec works just as well as the prescription drugs for most people - but only if they can get their hands on it. The pills are in such short supply that many drugstores are asking customers to wait two weeks or more for fresh stocks. Some patients have tracked down the medicine by calling around to other stores or shopping on eBay. Others...

When we look at the constant assault on all that made America great -- a common language, personal liberty, the right to assemble with whom we wish, conventional marriage, the Boy Scouts, religion, etc. -- we need only look inward to those working among us. We can call them Democrats, liberals, the left, or progressives. The label is not important. By their acts, we know them as socialists and they have a plan to disassemble society as we know it. We have written about the infamous House Progressive Caucus[1] many times before. The Progressive Caucus is the Congressional arm of...

WASHINGTON - Propelled by sharply higher energy and food costs, wholesale prices soared by 1.7 percent in October, the largest increase since early 1990.

Third Way Plans to Focus On 'Moderate Majority' As Democrats continue to stagger from last week's election losses, a group of veteran political and policy operatives has started an advocacy group aimed at using moderate Senate Democrats as the front line in a campaign to give the party a more centrist profile. Third Way is the latest in a series of organizations aimed at rescuing Democrats from the perception that they have lost touch with middle-class voters, particularly in the heartland states that voted overwhelmingly for President Bush over Sen. John F. Kerry. The group, which has enlisted the support...

Kerry’s Dogs of War By M. Bozinovich Recent Albanian violence against the Serbs in Kosovo appears to have been a screaming success. Aside that UNMIK has made no convictions of the arrested Albanian suspects, the fact that NATO inflicted no reprisal to counter its exposed military impotence leaves the Albanian militants in a confident position that, if repeated again, the violence will drive NATO out of Kosovo. In fact, it appears that the Albanian militants have also set the NATO drive-out date. "I'm not a fan of setting dates,” said Hasim Taci, the leader of the Albanian paramilitary in Kosovo...

The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.6 percent in January, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed a 0.2-percent gain in December and a 0.2-percent decline in November. Rising prices for gasoline led the increase in the finished goods index in January. At the earlier stages of processing, prices received by manufacturers of intermediate goods moved up 0.8 percent in January, after rising 0.4 percent in the prior month. The crude goods index increased 2.8 percent, compared with a 2.2-percent rise in December. (See table A.)

U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Indexes As announced on February 17, the release of the Producer Price Index (PPI) for January 2004 has been delayed from the originally scheduled date of February 19, 2004. In addition, as announced on March 5, the release of February data originally scheduled for Friday, March 12, has also been postponed. The delays have been caused by unexpected difficulties in the conversion of PPI data from the Standard Industrial Classification system to the North American Industry Classification System. These difficulties have taken far longer to resolve than we originally anticipated....

As announced on February 17, the release of the Producer Price Index (PPI) for January 2004 has been delayed from the originally scheduled date of February 19, 2004. The length of that delay now means that the release of February data originally scheduled for Friday, March 12, must also be postponed. The delays have been caused by unexpected difficulties in the conversion of PPI data from the Standard Industrial Classification system to the North American Industry Classification System. These difficulties have taken far longer to resolve than we originally expected. We will continue to work diligently to resolve the remaining...

Anyone understand what this really means. I was concerned that some really bad data related to the increase in Inflation may be represented in these numbers, hence the real delay. Delay of Release of PPI for January 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As announced on February 17, the release of the Producer Price Index (PPI) for January 2004 has been delayed from the originally scheduled date of February 19, 2004. The delay was caused by unexpected difficulties in the conversion of PPI data from the Standard Industrial Classification system to the North American Industry Classification System. These difficulties have taken longer to resolve...

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...