Summary: US producer price index (PPI) up 0.4% in November, greater than expected; annual rate rises to 3.0%; “core” PPI up 0.2% over month, up 3.5% over year; ANZ: egg prices, profit margins a major driver; US Treasury yields rise; rate-cut expectations soften; services prices up 0.2%, goods prices up 0.7%. Around the end of 2018, the annual inflation rate of the US producer price index (PPI) began a downtrend...