This morning, the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) was released for the month of June. Following yesterday's Consumer Price Index (CPI) — the retail print on monthly inflation — today's PPI reflects the wholesale side. Headline PPI for June, month over month, reached 0.0% — lower than the +0.2% expected and 30 basis points (bps) below the upwardly revised +0.3% from the prior month. Subtracting volatile food and energy costs on the producers' side, core PPI was also 0.0%, as was the latest ex- food, energy ...