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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Paul Wiseman

US producer prices unchanged with wholesale inflation remaining under control

Producer Prices - (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

U.S. wholesale inflation cooled last month, despite worries that President Donald Trump’s tariffs would push prices higher for goods before they reach consumers.

The Labor Department reported Wednesday that its producer price index was unchanged last month from May after rising 0.3% the previous month. June wholesale prices were up 2.3% from a year earlier, smallest year-over-year gain since September. Both measures came in below what economists had expected.

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