Wholesale prices shoot up near-record 11.3%

Wholesale prices shoot up near-record 11.3% in June on surge in energy costs

The producer price index rose 11.3% from a year ago in June, near the record 11.6% posted in March.

Excluding food, energy and trade, core PPI was up 6.4%. The monthly gain of 0.3% was below expectations.

Jobless claims jumped to 244,000 last week, the highest level since November 2021.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/14/producer-price-index-june-20…

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Excluding food, energy and trade…

You might as well exclude food, energy, and trade, they are just irrelevant incidentals. Who eats, travels, or trades? No one I know of! Maybe Jeff, the exception that proves the rule. LOL

The Captain
Statistics!

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