June All-Items PPI Soars 1.8%, Core Contained at 0.2%

The U.S. Labor Department's seasonally-adjusted core measure of producer price inflation grew at 0.2% month-over-month in June, the same pace as the previous month, while the headline measure moved up by 1.8%, four-tenths higher than consensus. From a year ago, the core measure of producer price inflation was up 3.0%, two-tenths ...