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October 14, 2024

Wholesale inflation remained cool last month in latest sign that price pressures are slowing

  • Core wholesale prices rose 0.2% from August and 2.8% from a year earlier.
    • By PAUL WISEMAN
    AP Economics Writer

    WASHINGTON — Wholesale prices in the United States were unchanged last month in another sign that inflation is returning to something close to normal after years of pressuring America's households in the wake of COVID-19.

    The Labor Department reported Friday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — didn't move from August to September after rising 0.2% the month before. Measured from a year earlier, the index rose 1.8% in September, the smallest such rise since February and down from a 1.9% year-over-year increase in August.


     
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