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After a good CPI number, we have good PPI number. 8% instead of 8.3% that was expected

The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.2% in October, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices rose 0.2% in September and were unchanged in August. (See table A.) On an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand advanced 8.0% for the 12 months ended in October.
In October, the rise in the index for final demand can be attributed to a 0.6% advance in prices for final demand goods. In contrast, the index for final demand services decreased 0.1%.
Prices for final demand less foods, energy, and trade services advanced 0.2% in October following a 0.3% rise in September. For the 12 months ended in October, the index for final demand less foods, energy, and trade services increased 5.4%.
Final Demand
Final demand goods: The index for final demand goods moved up 0.6% in October, the largest advance since a 2.2% rise in June. Most of the October increase can be traced to a 2.7% jump in prices for final demand energy. The index for final demand foods advanced 0.5%. Conversely, prices for final demand goods less foods and energy decreased 0.1%.
Product detail: In October, 60% of the increase in prices for final demand goods is attributable to the index for gasoline, which rose 5.7%. Prices for diesel fuel, fresh and dry vegetables, residential electric power, chicken eggs, and oil field and gas field machinery also advanced. In contrast, the index for passenger cars declined 1.5%. (In accordance with usual practice, most new-model-year passenger cars and light motor trucks were introduced into the PPI in October.
Final demand services: The index for final demand services fell 0.1% in October, the first decline since moving down 0.2% in November 2020. Leading the October decrease, margins for final demand trade services fell 0.5%. (Trade indexes measure changes in margins received by wholesalers and retailers.) Prices for final demand transportation and warehousing services moved down 0.2%. Conversely, the index for final demand services less trade, transportation, and warehousing increased 0.2%.
Product detail: A major factor in the October decrease in prices for final demand services was the index for fuels and lubricants retailing, which fell 7.7%. The indexes for portfolio management, long-distance motor carrying, automobile retailing (partial), and professional and commercial equipment wholesaling also moved lower. In contrast, prices for hospital inpatient care increased 0.8%. The indexes for services related to securities brokerage and dealing (partial), apparel wholesaling, and airline passenger services also rose.
After a good CPI number, we have good PPI number. 8% instead of 8.3% that was expected
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