Prior month 1.5% revised to 1.4%Producer Prices MoM 0.0% vs 0.5% estimateProducer prices YoY 1.8 % vs 1.4% last month revised to 1.3%. This was the biggest year on year increase since January 2023.Raw material prices MoM -1.0% vs 5.5% last month revised to 5.3%. Excluding accrued energy products, the RMPI rose 2.4%Raw material prices YoY 7.6% vs 3.1% last month revised to 2.9%
The PPI was unchanged after four consecutive months of increases.
Details:
Energy prices and petroleum products -3.9% (first decrease after three month-to-month increases. The declines were due to lower prices for crude oil Lumber and other wood products -4.9%. Softwoods fell -10.2% for the largest decrease since June 2022 Primary nonferrous metal products, +4.3%Meat, fish and dairy products +1.6%Crude energy products fell -6.4% in May for its first decrease since December 2023.
The large YoY RMPI increase is partially explained by base effects. May 2023 showed a large decline of -5.4% which exited the equation for this month.
Ex energy and petroleum products the index rose 0.5%
This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.
