Wholesale goods prices were up 0.6% last month and up 1.8% from a year ago. When excluding food and energy prices, producers’ goods costs were unchanged in December and up 2.1% year over year.

The PPI is different from the consumer price index (CPI), which measures the changes in the price of goods and services paid by consumers. The Producer Price Index measures the change in the ...

U.S. producer prices increased solidly in January, offering more evidence inflation was picking up again and strengthening ...