The Economy & the Fed
Producer Price Index (PPI)
A measure of the prices US businesses receive for the goods and services they sell, from raw materials to finished products, published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Because businesses often pass their own rising costs on to customers, a jump in producer prices can hint at higher consumer prices in the months ahead. It is released around the same time as the Consumer Price Index, and traders read the two together.
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