“Metals manufacturing prices were up sharply in the March PPI, a sign the steel and aluminum tariffs were starting to bite,” Klachkin wrote. “With tariffs only ramping up further ...

is a warning sign that imposed tariffs could drive prices higher in coming months.” Thursday's PPI reading follows a cooler-than-expected reading of consumer prices for the month of February.

The PPI is a measure of the weighted average price of all first-stage goods (like metals, lumber, and natural gas) produced in the U.S. The producer price index, or PPI, is a monthly estimate of ...

Producer Price Index (PPI) fell by 0.4% from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis primarily due to the fall in final demand goods prices by 0.9%. Energy prices led the decline most with ...

Fresh inflation data will be coming out next week, including the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Thursday, April 10 and the Producer Price Index (PPI) on Friday, April 11. Finally, on Wednesday ...