About a quarter of the 3.3% price increase recorded by this month’s producer price index was driven by a spike in wholesale prices for veggies.
We learned Tuesday that consumer prices are relatively stable across many goods and services, despite higher tariffs. On Thursday, we learned producer prices are spiking.
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In San Diego, prices rose at 4% during the year ending in July. But in Dallas, inflation was less than 1%.
Household furnishings and supplies showed a 0.7% increase from June to July. Footwear is up 1.4%. Infant and toddler apparel is up 3.3%.
The extended tariff deadline doesn’t help with planning certainty.
More than 2,000 trash collection workers across the country have walked off the job after contract talks stalled this summer.
Toy prices went up 2% in May, and some smaller stores are struggling to survive.
