PPI News Updates

PPI rose 4.7% in July from a year ago, down from a much larger 5.5% increase in June. On a monthly basis, wholesale prices were unchanged from June to July, after they ticked down 0.1% the previous month.

The Labor Department reported July 15 that its producer price index — which captures inflation before it reaches consumers — dropped 0.3% from May, biggest decline since April 2025.

The Labor Department reported June 11 that its producer price index — which captures inflation before it reaches consumers — jumped 6.5% from May 2025. 

Energy prices climbed 7.8% from March to April and 22.7% from a year earlier. Gasoline soared 15.6% from March and diesel jumped 12.6%.

The Labor Department reported that its producer price index rose 0.5% from February and 4% from March 2025. Energy prices surged 8.5% from February.

The Labor Department reported March 18 that its producer price index rose 0.7% from January, and 3.4% from February 2025. 

The producer price index rose 0.3% from a month earlier after a 0.1% decline in August, according to the BLS. The increase matched the median projection in a Bloomberg survey of economists.

The Labor Department reported Aug. 14 that PPI rose 0.9% last month from June, the biggest jump in more than three years. Compared with a year earlier, wholesale prices rose 3.3%.

WASHINGTON — Wholesale price increases eased in July, suggesting that inflation pressures are further cooling as the Federal Reserve moves closer to cutting interest rates.

WASHINGTON — U.S. producer prices rose in March from a year earlier at the fastest pace in nearly a year, but the gain was less than economists expected.