US Producer Price Inflation

How much prices are rising for producers, before goods and services reach consumers, this is the headline final-demand figure, the one usually quoted in news coverage.

6.3%

+0.7pp vs Aug 2026

Sep 2026 · Monthly data

Not seasonally adjusted

Matches the latest releaseNot refreshed recently, awaiting the next release

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Producer Price Inflation

Nov 2010 to Sep 2026

Source: FRED series PPIFID · final demand, not seasonally adjusted (BLS).

US Producer Price Inflation in context

Worked out from the published series shown above.

In the US, the producer price inflation rose by 3.3pp over the year to Sep 2026, from 3.0% in Sep 2025.

It is the highest reading since Dec 2022.

Over the past five years it has ranged from 0.3% in Jun 2023 to 11.7% in Mar 2022.

Its average since Nov 2010 is 2.7%, and the latest reading is above that.

How this series is defined

Everything you need to check the figure against the source.

Source
BLS via FRED
Series
PPIFID
Frequency
Monthly
Unit
%
Seasonal adjustment
Not seasonally adjusted
Latest observation
Sep 2026
Revision status
Latest published estimate, subject to revision

Often moves ahead of CPI by a month or two, since cost changes take time to reach the shelf.

Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.

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