Wholesale inflation jumps 6% in April on annual basis, biggest increase since 2022
CNBC Television·2026-05-13 14:00

Yeah, and numbers are coming in on the warm side. Our April producer price index for the month of April, headline number almost triple expectations, up a whopping 1.4%. Wow, you have to go back to March of '22 to find a bigger number, and that number was 1.7%.Now, if we strip out the all-important food and energy, we're also at a triple-header here. We were expecting up 3/10, we end up with up 1%. Up 1% would be the warmest since Wow, also March of '22.Now, if we go to the ex-food, energy, and trade, it's d ...

Wholesale inflation jumps 6% in April on annual basis, biggest increase since 2022 - Reportify