US producer inflation rises to 6.34% in September as core returns to June rate
US final-demand producer prices rose 6.34% year over year in September 2026, while core PPI increased 5.04%. Both measures rose month over month, but core’s annual rate returned to its June reading.
US final-demand producer prices rose 6.34% in September 2026 from a year earlier, accelerating from August’s 5.61%, according to calculations from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indexes. The annual headline rate was the highest between April and September. The measure excluding foods, energy, and trade services also strengthened, but its annual increase returned to an earlier reading rather than establishing a new high over that period.
Final demand less foods, energy, and trade services—referred to here as core PPI—rose 5.04% year over year, compared with 4.77% in August. Both annual changes are calculated from not-seasonally-adjusted indexes. Core PPI’s exclusions extend beyond food and energy, so this measure should not be treated as interchangeable with a similarly named consumer-price gauge.
Headline acceleration outpaces the core pattern
The headline annual rate had eased from 5.92% in May to 4.94% in July before rising in both August and September. September therefore extended the rebound from July and put annual producer-price growth above its spring readings. That sequence supports a recent acceleration in the headline rate, though six monthly observations do not establish a lasting trend.
Core’s history offers a more restrained comparison. Its September annual increase matched June’s 5.04% and was close to May’s 5.03%. The latest rise reversed the easing recorded in July and August, but did not move beyond the May–June range. Headline and core thus agree on September’s direction while giving different signals about its strength relative to recent months.
Monthly increases reinforce the direction
On a seasonally adjusted month-over-month basis, final-demand prices increased 1.34% in September, while core PPI rose 0.49%. Both measures therefore registered fresh monthly price increases alongside stronger annual rates. These monthly readings describe September’s movement against August; without earlier monthly rates, they do not establish whether the monthly pace itself accelerated.
The larger headline increase does not identify which excluded category drove the difference. These indexes measure producer selling prices, and their September movement alone does not establish how consumer inflation will evolve.
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