Producer Prices: Biggest Gain Since 1990
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U.S. producer prices shot up 1.7 percent last month, the biggest gain in nearly 15 years and well above expectations, as energy costs skyrocketed and food prices surged, a government report showed on Tuesday.
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Timely acquisitions and cost savings add up to a big year for this consumer-goods producer.
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Oil prices hit a record high Thursday of more than $90 a barrel after reports indicated that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has no plans to increase production.
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Higher costs for energy and food last year pushed inflation up by the largest amount in 17 years, even though prices generally remained tame outside of those two areas
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The pound was firmer after the latest producer price figures out of the UK showed prices continued to rise.
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Producer prices surged 3.2 percent  in November, the biggest rise in 34 years, on a record rise in  gasoline prices, the Labor Department said on Thursday.
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Prices for oil and natural gas hit records in 2004, and energy mutual funds did almost as well. They were No. 2 for the industry, behind Latin American funds.
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US producer prices shot up 1.7 percent last month, the biggest gain in nearly 15 years and well above expectations, as energy costs skyrocketed and food prices surged, a government report showed on Tuesday.
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Prices spiked 4.1 percent last year, the highest increase in 17 years.
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The higher inflation rate was the result of a surge in oil prices early this year. Oil prices have since leveled off, allowing the inflation rate to return to more modest levels.
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US producer prices climbed an unexpectedly steep 0.5 percent last month as energy costs mounted, according to a government report on Friday that buttressed the case for interest-rate rises to keep inflation at bay.
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A large climb in September U.S.  retail sales and bigger-than-expected gains in underlying  producer prices boosted hopes for stronger growth and bets that  the Federal Reserve will continue to raise interest rates.
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US producer prices - a measure of wholesale inflation - rose by a faster than expected 0.5% in November, seasonally adjusted Labor Department figures showed this afternoon.
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A surge in the cost of gasoline and other energy products pushed consumer prices up by 3.3 percent in 2004, the biggest jump in four years, but relief may be on the way. Consumer prices actually dipped in December as energy costs moderated.
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The whisky industry is paying farmers its highest price for grain in 10 years, according to the national farmers' union.
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Prices paid to US producers rose 1.7 percent last month, the biggest jump in 14 years, as higher energy and food costs suggested that inflation is picking up.
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Higher energy costs boosted producer  prices 0.9 percent in May, but excluding volatile food and  energy costs, prices paid at the factory gate were up a more  moderate 0.2 percent, the Labor Department reported on  Thursday.