Core wholesale prices rose less than expected in September; retail sales gain
Source: CNBC
Published Tue, Nov 25 2025 9:00 AM EST Updated An Hour Ago
Core wholesale prices rose less than expected in September, indicating a potential cooling in pipeline inflation pressures, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday.
The producer price index, a measure of what producers get for final demand goods and services, increased a seasonally adjusted 0.3% on the month, in line with the Dow Jones consensus estimate. However, excluding food and energy, the index rose just 0.1%, below the 0.2% estimate. Both core and headline PPI had decreased 0.1% in August. Headline PPI was up 2.7% from a year ago, while core rose 2.6%.
In an era of tariff-driven cost pressures for imports, goods prices drove the PPI increase, rising 0.9% on the month, while services prices were flat. The jump in goods prices was the biggest since February 2024, according to BLS data.
Final demand energy prices jumped 3.5% for the month, while food rose 1.1%. Of the energy increase, much of that was tied to an 11.8% surge in gasoline. On the services side, transportation and warehousing prices rose 0.8%, while airline passenger fees surged 4%.
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8:30 AM · Nov 25, 2025
This report's (for September) sudden appearance today was surprising because I know they were delaying the next CPI releases but said nothing (at least "in the news" ) about the PPI ones.
They usually release them the same week. They had a "delayed" September CPI on Oct. 24, 2025 and now apparently have a new release schedule that will happen "as they are finalized" -
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