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September 11, 2025

Supply chain prices unexpectedly fell 0.1% in August

  • Trump's tariffs were widely expected to send prices higher, but so far their impact has been muted.
    • By PAUL WISEMAN
    AP Economics Writer

    WASHINGTON — U.S. producer prices fell unexpectedly last month, dropping 0.1% from July.

    The Labor Department reported Wednesday that its producer price index — which captures inflation in the supply chain before it hits consumers — showed that wholesale inflation decelerated in August after advancing 0.7% in July. Wholesale services prices fell 0.2% from July on smaller profit margins at retailers and wholesalers, which might be a sign that those companies are absorbing the cost of President Donald Trump's sweeping taxes — tariffs — on imports.


     
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