The U.S. Labor Department reported Friday that its producer price index didn’t move from August to September after rising 0.2% the month before
Wholesale prices in the United States were unchanged last month in another sign that inflation is returning to something close to normal after years of pressuring America’s households in the wake of COVID-19.
The steady easing of inflation might be diminishing former President Donald Trump’s political advantage on the economy. In some surveys, Vice President Kamala Harris has pulled even with Trump on the issue of who would best handle the economy. Yet most voters still give the economy relatively poor marks, mostly because of the cumulative price increases of the past three years.
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