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Surging Services Costs Spark Unexpected Surge In US Producer Prices In January
Surging Services Costs Spark Unexpected Surge In US Producer Prices In January
US Producer Prices came in hotter than expected in January, with the headline PPI rising 0.5% MoM (vs +0.3% exp), higher than the revised +0.4% MoM in December. This left Producer Prices up 2.9% YoY (hotter than expected but below December's +3.0%)...
Source: Bloomberg
Under the hood, we see a surge in Services costs (not tariff related) dominated the rise in PPI (while Energy saw deflation)
Final demand services: The index for final demand services advanced 0.8% in January, the largest...
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