PPI – “Core” index now up 1.4% in year to November

Posted January 15, 2014 - Filed under Producer Price Index, Release Observations.

The Producer Price Index (PPI) for November was published this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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The “headline” index – Finished Goods, rose by 0.4% in December, while the “Core” index, which excludes food and energy goods, increased in the month by 0.3%.

Year over year, the Core price change is now at 1.4%. The more volatile, headline rate jumped to a year/year increase of 1.2% for November.

For more numbers and charts, please visit the PPI Dataset Page.