Markets ignore US PPI report as trade dispute flares

11 July 2018

 

The producer price index (PPI) is a measure of prices charged by producers for domestically produced goods, services, and construction. It is constructed by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics in a fashion similar to the consumer price index (CPI) except it measures prices received from the producer’s perspective. It is another one of the various measures of inflation tracked by the US Fed, along with the CPI and core...

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