The prices wholesale at USA They declined in March, reserved by energy costs and adding data on restrained inflation, in view of Trump’s duties to the US trade partners.
The US Price Index declined by 0.4% compared to the previous month, according to a report by the Statistical Labor Service published today (11.5.2025). The average forecast in Bloomberg survey among economists has reported a 0.2%increase. Except for food and energy, PPI fell 0.1%, also below estimates.
These figures reflect the data released yesterday by BLS, according to which consumer prices were also reduced last month, for the first time by 2020, in part, thanks to the reduction of energy costs.
Economists expect inflation to accelerate during the rest of the year, as sweeping duties on imported goods imposed by US President Donald Trump are filtered at higher prices for businesses and households.
Today’s numbers have shown that, for the time being, the increase in prices of imported products is offset by the compression of wholesale and retailing margins, indicating that businesses absorb the costs of the smaller duties already in place last month.
The report showed that prices for goods excluding food and energy increased 0.3% in March for a second month, marking the largest two -month increase in the last two years. Larger increases were recorded in oil and gas machines, paper hygiene and X -ray equipment.