(RTTNews) - Producer prices in the U.S. rose by slightly less than expected in the ... Economists had expected producer prices to rise by 0.3 percent. Meanwhile, the report said the annual rate ...

Where prices did climb — warehousing and transportation — points to an inventory build. Upcoming CPI will make the inflation picture clearer.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. producer ... year's lower prices, especially for energy products, dropping out of the calculation. The report followed news last week of a sharp rise in nonfarm ...

Some economists cautioned against reading too much into the benign rise in the monthly PPI ... A column chart titled "Monthly change in US Producer Price Index" that tracks the metric over ...

The Labor Department reported Tuesday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — rose 0.2% last month from November, down from a 0.4% gain the month before.

(RTTNews) - Producer prices in the U.S. rose by slightly less than expected in the ... Economists had expected producer prices to rise by 0.3 percent. Meanwhile, the report said the annual rate ...

U.S. producer prices ... rise in nonfarm payrolls in December and decline in the unemployment rate, which led economists to expect that the U.S. central bank would keep rates unchanged through ...

Some economists cautioned against reading too much into the benign rise in the monthly PPI, arguing that producer prices tended to ... U.S. economist at Santander US Capital Markets.

Still, the overall increases were slightly ... The producer price report came out a day before the Labor Department reports on consumer prices. Its consumer price index is expected to rise 0.3 ...