Oct import price index +0.5% vs flat after..>

US DATA: Oct import price index +0.5% vs flat reading expected after 

+0.2% in September. Import prices ex petro +0.2% and ex all fuels +0.2%. 

- The reading for import prices ex fuels +0.2% despite a -0.1% reading 

for consumer goods ex autos and higher prices for nonagricultural foods 

and industrial supplies. 

- Overall import prices +3.5% y/y, the same as +3.5% y/y in September. 

Non-fuel imports +0.7% y/y. 

- Export prices +0.4% and were +0.5% ex. agriculture. Agricultural 

export prices -0.3%. Overall export prices +3.1% y/y, up from +2.7% 

in September. Exports ex. agriculture +3.9% y/y.

- Import prices from Canada +1.3%, while prices from China -0.1%, from 

Mexico +0.4% and from EU +0.2%.