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PPI Inflation On Balance Softer Than Expected

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  • Final demand ex food & energy disappoints both on the month and with sizeable downward revisions. The 0.12% M/M in June (cons 0.2) followed 0.14% in May (initially 0.20) and 0.06% in April (initially 0.21).
  • It leaves a Q2 average of 0.11% M/M after 0.13% in Q1.
  • Final demand ex food, energy & services was more in line, however. It printed 0.10% M/M (cons 0.1) after limited net revisions. That is though following a weaker -0.01% M/M in May. It leaves a Q2 average of 0.0% M/M after 0.32% M/M in Q1.
  • The low growth rates chime with yesterday’s CPI core goods ex autos printing 0.00% M/M in June for an average of 0.02% in Q2 from 0.39% in Q1, following the considerable improvement in supply chain pressures.


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