The Labor Department reported Tuesday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — rose 0.2% last month from November, down from a 0.4% gain the month before. Compared with a year earlier, producer prices rose 3.3%, biggest jump since February 2023 and up from a 3% gain in November.

US stocks gained after cooler-than-expected producer price index data soothed inflation concerns. The numbers on Tuesday showed wholesale inflation rose 0.2% in December on a monthly basis, compared to an estimated 0.4% increase. The reading climbed 3.3% from a year ago, below the projected 3.5% gain.

U.S. producer prices rose less than expected in December as higher costs for goods were partially offset by stable services prices, suggesting inflation remained on a downward trend after progress had stalled in recent months.

Inflation, as measured by the producer price index, rose three-tenths of a percentage point to 3.3% for the year ending in December, hinting that the economy may not yet have vanquished price pressures.

US wholesale inflation unexpectedly cooled in December, helped by a drop in food costs and flat services prices that may help temper concerns of lingering price pressures.

Learn about the latest Producer Price Index data for December 2024, showing a % increase from the previous month and meeting consensus expectations.

Producer prices rose less than expected in Dec, easing Fed's inflation concerns and providing relief to markets. Core PPI also flattened.

A gauge of wholesale inflation rose 0.2% in December from November, a softer reading than economists expected and a slowdown from the prior month. The producer-price index, published by the Labor Department on Tuesday,

Wholesale-level inflation heated up further to close out 2024, a sign that price pressures are building at a time when President-elect Donald Trump threatens to unleash a substantial array of tariffs.

The Producer Price Index for final demand advanced 0.2 percent while the consensus ahead of the release was a rise of 0.4 percent. Final demand prices rose 0.4 percent in November and 0.2 percent ...

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The producer price index, which measures the costs of goods traded between companies, rose 2.3% from the previous year to 122.6.