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Stock market gets 'kick in the pants' from startling inflation report

While consumer-level inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index and Personal Consumption Expenditures Index, has ...

Investors were blindsided by hot July PPI inflation reading, but stocks mostly shrugged it off — or did they?

Earlier this week, falling bond yields and growing expectations for aggressive Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts in the ...

US producer inflation heats up as goods, services prices soar

Producer prices increased by the most in three years in July, suggesting a broad pickup in inflation was imminent. "This is a ...

Producer prices surged more than expected in July, spurring inflation concerns

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the producer price index jumped more than expected in July, spurring renewed concerns ...

PPI report 'real disappointing news' as tariff inflation begins to infiltrate the system, says market economist

Hot PPI data released on Thursday morning led to a pullback in stock-market futures as wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, ...

PPI Data Complicates Picture for Rate Cut

The report issued Thursday, known as the producer-price index, is volatile, and many analysts look to it more as a gut check ...

Wholesale inflation much hotter than expected in July — throwing possible wrench into rate cut hopes

The Producer Price Index saw its biggest monthly gain since June 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday.

Stocks open lower after hotter-than-expected PPI report

U.S. stocks opened lower on Thursday after a reading on the July producer-price index came in much hotter than economists had ...

Rising PPI Report Raises Doubts About Fed's September Rate Cut Chances

July's PPI inflation report heightened worries over tariff-fueled consumer inflation and raised questions about the Fed's ...