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  • US Producer Price Index - February 2025

    From bls.gov

    The Producer Price Index for final demand was unchanged in February, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices rose 0.6 percent in January and 0.5 percent in December 2024. (See table A.) On an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand advanced 3.2 percent for the 12 months ended in February. In February, a 0.3-percent increase in prices for final demand goods offset a 0.2-percent decline in the index for final demand services. The index for final demand less foods, energy, and trade services moved up 0.2 percent in February after rising 0.3 percent in January. ... (full story)

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  • Wholesale price measure was flat in February, compared with expected increase

    From cnbc.com

    Wholesale prices were flat in February providing some more welcome news for inflation amid tariff fears, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. The producer price index, considered a leading indicator for pipeline inflation pressures, showed no gain for the month after jumping an upwardly revised 0.6% in January. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for a 0.3% increase. Excluding food and energy, core PPI decreased 0.1%, also against an estimate for a 0.3% increase. Core prices also excluding trade services showed a gain of 0.2%. The report comes a day after the BLS reported that the consumer ... (full story)

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  • Mar 13, 2025 8:44am Mar 13, 2025 8:44am
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Thank you President Biden!!!
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  • Mar 13, 2025 10:12am Mar 13, 2025 10:12am
Quoting Trader#A322
Thank you President Biden!!!
I guess the revisions up are attributed to Biden as well then? Because that has to be why the market didn't look at these numbers and scream, "yes! Now the FED can cut in June AND have more cuts before the end of the year without causing reinflation".
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Quoting teprewitt23
{quote} revisions just one more in a long list of reasons to disregard fundamental's and focus on price.
What is price and what moves the fancy colored candles on the charts? What would happen if all economy data out there just stop reporting into trading? It would be zero on the charts, nothing.
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