Wholesale prices rose 0.2% in August, in line with expectations
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Wholesale prices rose 0.2% in August, in line with expectations

Wholesale prices rose in August about in line with expectations, the final inflation data point as the Federal Reserve gets set to lower interest rates. The producer price index, a measure of final demand goods and services costs that producers receive, increased 0.2% on the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday. That matched the Dow Jones consensus estimate. Excluding food and energy, PPI increased 0.3%, slightly hotter than the 0.2% consensus estimate. The core...