Key monthly metrics from the US government continue to be released now that the shutdown has ended. Here’s what September wholesale inflation and retail sales reveal about the economy.

The September Producer Price Index (PPI) reading showed wholesale prices rose 0.3% for the month, in line with expectations. Stripping out the more volatile food and energy prices, the index rose less ...

Core wholesale prices rose less than expected in September, indicating a potential cooling in pipeline inflation pressures, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. The producer price index, a ...

US Producer Price Index data for September showed that prices rose by 0.3%. The annual wholesale inflation level remained at ...

The producer price index rose 0.3 per cent from a month earlier after a 0.1 per cent decline in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The increase matched the median projection in ...

Prices charged by producers rose by 0.3% in September, in line with economists' expectations, after declining by 0.1% in August. The producer-price index tends to be more volatile than the prices that ...

CNN — (CNN) — A key US inflation gauge increased last month at its fastest pace since April 2023, showing that underlying price pressures remain persistent. The Producer Price Index, a closely watched ...

The retail sales figures suggest that Americans as a whole are still willing and able to boost their spending.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. wholesale inflation surged unexpectedly last month, signaling that President Donald Trump's sweeping taxes on imports are pushing costs up and that higher prices for consumers ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. producer prices fell unexpectedly last month, dropping 0.1% from July. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that its producer price index — which captures inflation in the ...

The producer price index was expected to increase 0.3% in September, according to the Dow Jones consensus estimate.