The Producer Price ... to consumers and vice versa. In the short term, inflation at the wholesale and retail levels may differ as a result of distribution costs, as well as government taxes ...

Inflation barometer The Labor Department releases its producer price index for December ... sales edged lower in December after rising a month earlier. Consumers have generally kept spending ...

The consumer ... as well as tax-rate cuts, all will have an effect on inflation down the line,” she said. One of the first places those effects may show up is in the producer price index.

WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - U.S. producer ... to advance 2.9% after rising 2.8% for two straight months. Those estimates could change after the release of the consumer price data.

U.S. producer prices ... to advance 2.9 per cent after rising 2.8 per cent for two straight months. Those estimates could change after the release of the consumer price data.