Producer prices fell to 4.7% in July amid inflation concerns
And while it moved in the right direction, it is still far higher than the Federal Reserve considers to be healthy.On a month-to-month basis, the price index was flat.Core PPI inflation, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, was 4.2% on an annual basis. Still, those numbers are above the Fed’s 2% target, which it hasn’t been able to hit in years.The bump in inflation since the start of 2026 has been driven in large part by higher energy prices, which have soared since the Iran war. Energy prices were a bit lower last month than right after the war began.
- ▪And while it moved in the right direction, it is still far higher than the Federal Reserve considers to be healthy.On a month-to-month basis, the price index was flat.Core PPI inflation, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, was
- ▪Still, those numbers are above the Fed’s 2% target, which it hasn’t been able to hit in years.The bump in inflation since the start of 2026 has been driven in large part by higher energy prices, which have soared since the Iran war.
- ▪Energy prices were a bit lower last month than right after the war began.
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Inflation, as measured by the producer price index, fell eight-tenths of a percentage point to 4.7% for the year ending in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Thursday.Economists have been closely examining PPI reports and other inflation reports amid the war with Iran and concerns that the energy price pressures will continue to translate through to higher overall inflation. Recommended Stories Producer prices fell to 4.7% in July amid inflation concerns Property taxes are another front in the generational housing divide Mamdani’s favorability in New York continues to climb ‘SUBSIDIES ON TOP OF SUBSIDIES’: SUPPLY-SIDERS PUSH BACK ON PAXTON TAX PLANAdvertisement The fall was expected, as most forecasters were expecting inflation to decline from last month.
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