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US Producer Prices: June
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Wednesday released the Producer Price Indexes (PPI) for June. Inflation in prices received by producers rose 0.4 per cent in June after a 0.5 per cent increase in May. The increase was based on rising prices for both goods (0.7 per cent) and services (0.3 per cent). Within…
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US Producer Price Indexes: May 2015
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Producer Price Indexes (PPI) for May. Inflation in prices received by producers rose 0.5 per cent in May after declining 0.4 per cent in April. The increase was based on rising prices for goods, as prices for services were unchanged. Within goods, a 17 per cent…
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US Industrial Production: March 2015
Industrial production in the US decreased 0.3 per cent in April for its fifth consecutive monthly loss. Manufacturing output was unchanged in April after recording an upwardly revised gain of 0.3 per cent in March. In April, the index for mining moved down 0.8 per cent, its fourth consecutive monthly decrease; a sharp fall in…
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US Producer Price Indexes for Building Materials – March 2015
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released Tuesday the Producer Price Indexes for March, reporting that inflation in prices received by producers increased 0.2 per cent in March after a string of monthly declines. The overall increase was led by increasing prices for energy, mainly gasoline. Prices for services rose 0.1 per cent. As for building…
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Producer Price Index, US: January 2015
US producer prices posted a record decline in January, weighed down by plunging energy costs, pointing to very benign inflation pressures in the near term. The Labor Department said Wednesday its producer price index for final demand dropped 0.8 per cent, the biggest drop since the revamped series started in November 2009, after falling 0.2…
