As a later overlay chart will illustrate, the final demand and finished goods indexes remain highly correlated. In March, the ...

As the 10-year rate approaches 5%, the markets are very interest rate focused, and a major driver of rates is inflation. This coming week we get two pieces of inflation data with the Producer ...

including the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Thursday, April 10 and the Producer Price Index (PPI) on Friday, April 11. Finally, on Wednesday, April 9, the Federal Reserve will release the meeting ...

Versus last year, headline PPI was up 2.7% ... Core goods prices within the Consumer Price Index will then tell us to what extent they are getting passed through to us.

PPI fell -0.4% as energy prices dropped; mixed inflation signals arise for Fed's May meeting. Click for my full review of the Producer Price Index release.

CPI falls in March, missing forecasts PPI falls at fastest pace in four months ... poll forecast for prices to remain flat. The line chart shows China's consumer index and producer price index.