CPI, PPI — what do the indexes really tell us about inflation? Economists say the more measures, the better their predictions — even if they provide slightly different pictures of the economy.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) regularly measures the change in the prices paid by consumers in the U.S. for a representative basket of goods and services.

And then there’s the producer price index, which came out Friday. All are released monthly. While the CPI ticked up a bit in December, the PPI fell unexpectedly — down 0.1%.

The producer price index showed that core prices were flat last month, lifting the S&P 500 ahead of tomorrow's CPI, despite news on Trump tariffs.

CPI tends to get more press coverage than PPI which may be due to the market reactions being more volatility for CPI than PPI. The average NDX price change on CPI day in 2024 was +/-1.21%. Data ...

Markets Await CPI, PPI Reports. Markets Await CPI, PPI Reports. News. Today's news; US ... But prints like the CPI — and its sister report, the Producer Price Index ...

PPI (Producer Price Index) measures inflation at the wholesale level.  It is not known or respected as being a reliable or significant market mover, but sometimes it makes a dent.  Today ...

Wednesday, November 13 brings the CPI and core CPI, as well as a monthly U.S. federal budget update. The usual weekly jobs data is on tap Thursday, November 14 , in addition to the PPI and core PPI.

The producer price index is expected to inch up 0.2% month-over-month according to Refinitiv forecasts, well below June’s 1.1% spike and a record 1.6% surge in March (series goes back to ...

PPI data has been among the first to approach what the Fed considers optimum inflation, +2% — its core year-over-year print reached +3.0% in August, while headline year-over-year is the first ...