Wholesale inflation surges in September
The gist
US producer prices rose 6.3% year-on-year in September, the largest annual increase since December 2022.
It follows faster consumer inflation, squeezing households and businesses at once.
How it unfolded
- Oct 14, 2026India's annual wholesale inflation accelerated to a faster-than-expected 11.39% in September, driven by a surge in oil.
- Oct 15, 2026US producer prices rose 1.3% from August and 6.3% from a year earlier, above economists' forecasts of 0.5% and 5.3%.
- Oct 15, 2026The monthly 1.3% gain was the steepest since March 2022, and the 6.3% annual rise the largest since December 2022.