1. Meanwhile, there was scarce evidence of inflation as producer prices showed no change from November to December. 2. The endowments and behaviour of households are taken as given, as are all pre-tax factor prices and producer prices. 3. The news was even better for producer prices. 4. The Prime Minister I saw the producer price figures issued this morning, and they are good news. 5. Also, the Labor Department reports producer prices for January. 6. Also, producer prices were unchanged in July from June, the government reported last week. 7. An increase in producer prices or a bigger-than-expected rise in consumer prices could serve as a harbinger of a rate rise the following week. 8. An unexpected drop in U.S. producer prices in December failed to temper declines even as it bolstered optimism that U.S. interest rates will fall. 9. An unexpectedly low increase in October producer prices boosted those hopes further. 10. Analysts said low commodity prices were likely to keep producer prices in check. |