Wholesale inflation jumped in September by most in four years

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US wholesale inflation shot higher in September, soaring to its highest level in more than four years, Bureau of Labor Statistics data showed Thursday.

The Producer Price Index rose 1.3% from August and 6.3% from the year before, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Economists were expecting PPI to increase 0.5% from August and 5.3% annually, according to FactSet.

It’s the fastest monthly increase since March 2022 and the highest annual rate since December 2022, the year when US inflation hit a 40-year high.

PPI serves as a potential bellwether for what consumers could experience in the months to come. Some of the PPI data also feeds into the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, which is what the Federal Reserve uses for its 2% target rate.

A separate report from the Commerce Department Thursday showed that Americans pulled back on their spending in September.

US retail sales slowed to 0.8% last month after posting a surprisingly strong 1.3% gain in August, according to the latest monthly report from the Commerce Department.

Retail sales data is adjusted for seasonality but not inflation: When factoring in the pace of monthly price hikes (which rose at an unpalatable 0.6% in September), retail sales fell even flatter.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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美国劳工统计局周四公布的数据显示，9月份美国批发通胀率大幅攀升，达到四年多来的最高水平。

根据美国劳工统计局的数据，生产者价格指数（PPI）8月份环比上涨1.3%，同比上涨6.3%。FactSet的数据显示，经济学家此前预计PPI环比上涨0.5%，同比上涨5.3%。

这是自 2022 年 3 月以来最快的月度涨幅，也是自 2022 年 12 月以来最高的年增长率，而 2022 年正是美国通货膨胀率达到 40 年来最高水平的那一年。

生产者价格指数 (PPI) 可以作为未来几个月消费者消费状况的潜在风向标。部分 PPI 数据也被用于计算个人消费支出价格指数，而美联储正是利用该指数来设定其 2% 的目标利率。

美国商务部周四发布的另一份报告显示，美国人在9月份减少了支出。

根据美国商务部最新发布的月度报告，美国零售销售额上月增速放缓至 0.8%，而 8 月份则意外强劲增长了 1.3%。

零售销售数据已根据季节性因素进行调整，但未根据通货膨胀进行调整：如果考虑到每月价格上涨的速度（9 月份上涨了令人难以接受的 0.6%），零售销售下降幅度甚至更小。

这是一则正在更新的新闻。