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Here's what new data from the producer price index says about where inflation is headed, according to economists.
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Inflation Is Back, Time to Worry

The Producer Price Index surged in July, in part due to tariffs. Consumers could face sharp inflation again toward the end of ...
July headline PPI reading rose 0.9% month-over-month. This was more than 4X the increase economists were expecting. The "core ...
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The S&P 500 rally has a downside for inflation: surging portfolio management costs. Those costs surged 5.8% in July. Yet ...
The producer-price index is volatile and often overshadowed by consumer price trends, but analysts were paying attention ...
The monthly rise was the biggest since June 2022, and the annual increase the highest since February this year. Core PPI, which strips out volatile data points, rose by 3.7 percent over the year, its ...
Hot PPI data released on Thursday morning led to a pullback in stock-market futures as wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, ...