Minus signs fill the July tables with a 0.3 percent decline for services a special concern. The decline, in part reflecting weakness in apparel prices, ends three months of prior gains and hints at easing demand at the base of the economy. But goods are also down, 0.4 percent lower for the first decline since February. Wholesale prices of food, pulled down by lower corn prices, fell in the month as did prices for energy and construction as well as both cars and light trucks. Rounding out the bad news is a 0.5 percent monthly decline in finished goods prices.
This report will lower estimates for Tuesday's consumer prices, a report that never did show much effect from the three or so brief months of price pressure at the wholesale level. This report will not fire up the hawks and, like the weak retail sales report also released this morning, does not point to a September FOMC rate hike.
Recent History Of This Indicator:
Producer prices have shown unexpected strength the last two reports driven mostly by energy but also by services. Forecasters see the July's headline, held down by energy, rising only 0.1 percent but at a more constructive 0.2 percent when excluding food & energy. Continued strength in this report would point to eventual pass through to consumer prices where pressures have so far been hard to find.
Producer prices have shown unexpected strength the last two reports driven mostly by energy but also by services. Forecasters see the July's headline, held down by energy, rising only 0.1 percent but at a more constructive 0.2 percent when excluding food & energy. Continued strength in this report would point to eventual pass through to consumer prices where pressures have so far been hard to find.
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