Tag Archives: intermediate goods

Written by Steven Hansen The Producer Price Index year-over-year inflation is disappearing.. The BLS reported that the Producer Price Index (PPI) finished goods prices year-over-year inflation rate fell from 1.1% in March to 0.6% in April 2013 – with the … Continue reading →

Written by Steven Hansen The Producer Price Index inflation remains moderate, but the overall movements were energy components down and food components up. The BLS reported that the Producer Price Index (PPI) finished goods prices year-over-year inflation rate fell from … Continue reading →

Written by Steven Hansen The Producer Price Index inflation remains moderate, but there was a sharp increase in energy prices in February. The BLS reported that the Producer Price Index (PPI) finished goods prices year-over-year inflation rate rose from 1.4% … Continue reading →

Written by Steven Hansen The Producer Price Index inflation remains moderate, but there was a sharp increase in finished foods. The BLS reported that the Producer Price Index (PPI) finished goods prices year-over-year inflation rate rose from 1.3% in December … Continue reading →

Written by Steven Hansen The Producer Price Index inflation remains moderate, but with a sharp increase in crude goods caused by a 9.4% jump in crude petroleum prices.. The BLS reported that the Producer Price Index (PPI) finished goods prices … Continue reading →

Written by Steven Hansen The Producer Price Index inversion remains this month – in other words crude product price inflation is lower than finished goods. Food prices increased this month, but was more than offset by decline energy. The BLS … Continue reading →

Written by Steven Hansen The Producer Price Index inversion remains this month – in other words crude product price inflation is lower than finished goods.  Food prices jumped this month, but was more than offset by declines in most other … Continue reading →

Written by Steven Hansen The Producer Price Index inversion disappeared this month  – in other words crude product price inflation is now higher than finished goods. The BLS reported that the Producer Price Index (PPI) finished goods prices year-over-year inflation … Continue reading →

Written by Steven Hansen The story this month on the Producer Price Index is its sudden jump – driven mostly by energy, but food price inflation was no slouch either. The BLS reported that the Producer Price Index (PPI) finished … Continue reading →

Written by Steven Hansen Supply chain inflation continues to be inverted for the fourth month – with deflation in the crude and intermediate goods portion of the index. Historically, crude goods trends drive finished goods trends.   However, increases in crude … Continue reading →

Written by Steven Hansen The supply chain inflation continues to be inverted – with deflation in the crude and intermediate goods portion of the index. Historically, crude goods trends drive finished goods trends. The Producer Price Index (PPI) finished goods … Continue reading →