Core and Headline Producer Price Index (PPI) Release Core and Headline PPI (Dec 2023 figures)
U.S. Headline PPI
Prev: 0.8% / Exp: 1.3%
Rep: 1.0% ✅ Lower than expected ✅
U.S. Core PPI (excludes food and energy)
Prev: 2.0% / Exp: 1.9%
Rep: 1.8% ✅ Lower Than Expected✅
What is PPI and why is it important?
Producer Price Index is a crucial economic indicator that provides valuable information about inflationary pressures at the producer level. By tracking changes in producer prices over time, it provides insights into inflation trends before they manifest in consumer prices.
Difference between Core and Headline PPI
The Core PPI aims to provide a more stable measure of underlying inflation, while the headline index reflects all price changes, including those driven by more volatile components such as food an energy. You can see from the chart that Headline PPI in red is the swings more widely up and down due to the inclusion of these volatile components (food and energy).
✅ LOWER THAN EXPECTED PPI TODAY✅
Core and Headline PPI came in lower than expected this month and as you can see we are reaching down into the historically more moderate zone between 3% and -1.5%. This bodes will for inflationary pressures in general and may be an early indicator of lower Core and Headline inflation figures (for CPI) in the coming months.
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