PPI Numbers Come in Cooler Than Expected
ZACKS·2025-09-11 00:06
This morning, we saw likely the most consequential series of data for today’s stock market: the Producer Price Index (PPI) for August, the wholesale level of inflation tracked within the U.S. economy. Both headline and core month-over-month PPI came in at -0.1% — a major cool-down from what we feared was heating up in July. Expectations for both were +0.3%.Further, revisions to the prior month came down in tandem: from +0.9% posted on both headline and core PPI month over month to +0.7% on the revision. Thi ...