Wholesale prices post biggest surge in 3 years, PPI shows
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Producer prices in July rose faster than forecast across the board, giving investors and the Federal Reserve an inflation surprise just over a week out from Fed Chair Jay Powell's crucial Jackson Hole speech.
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Investors were blindsided by July’s hot PPI inflation reading. Why stocks mostly shrugged it off.
Earlier this week, falling bond yields and growing expectations for aggressive Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts in the months ahead helped spark a rotation away from what had been working in the U.S.
If stagflation takes hold in the year’s second half, earnings estimates may fall, threatening the market’s currently lofty valuation, says one strategist. Plus, investor newsletter commentary about silver,
The producer-price index is volatile and often overshadowed by consumer price trends, but analysts were paying attention Thursday after a hot number. An earlier inflation report this week showed that
July PPI surged 0.9%, spiking costs across goods & services. Explore tariff impacts, market reactions, and the Fed's potential September rate cut.
July's PPI inflation report heightened worries over tariff-fueled consumer inflation and raised questions about the Fed's interest rate cut plans.
Major U.S. stock-market indexes have mostly shrugged off Thursday's surprisingly hot PPI reading. But according to Tom Essaye, founder and president of Sevens Report Research, the data have helped to chip away at three key pillars supporting the stock-market rally.
The headline PPI reading rose 0.9% month-over-month. This was more than 4X the increase economists were expecting. Read more
Hot PPI data halts the silver rally as inflation fears rise. Fed rate cut hopes fade, with traders eyeing Jackson Hole for next clues.
Hot PPI data released on Thursday morning led to a pullback in stock-market futures as wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, well above expectations. It was real disappointing news for investors, showing tariff inflation has begun to "infiltrate the system,
PPI surges in July due to Trump's tariffs, impacting small caps more than large caps. Consider SPY, IJS, RZV and sector hedges like XLE for investing.
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