US PPI: Core inflation maintains trend - Wells Fargo

Matías Salord FXStreet

According to analysts from Wells Fargo, the Producer Price Index remained firm in August, driven by sizeable gains in energy prices, but not Harvey-related.

Key Quotes:

“Rising from a modest decline in July, PPI-final demand recorded its strongest monthly gain since April. Three quarters of the headline’s gain was accounted for by a 0.5 percent increase in goods prices, with three-quarters of that increase attributed to a 9.5 percent jump in wholesale gasoline prices.”

“Pipeline pressures were mixed, with intermediate processed goods up 0.4 percent and unprocessed goods down 0.7 percent.

“Our preferred measure of core PPI inflation, prices excluding food, energy and trade services, beat expectations and increased a trend-like 0.2 percent m/m and 1.9 percent yr/yr.”

“In spite of the optics that show energy leading the headline gain, today’s report does not capture the impact of Hurricane Harvey, as prices are collected during the week including the 13th. Harvey’s impact will be reflected in next month’s report.

Author

Matías Salord

FXStreet

Matías started in financial markets in 2008, after graduating in Economics. He was trained in chart analysis and then became an educator. He also studied Journalism. He started writing analyses for specialized websites before joining FXStreet.

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