能源价格暴涨导致美国PPI数据飙升，美国通胀“火势”再起

Odaily Planet Daily News Under the continuous pressure of upstream costs, the US April PPI annual rate recorded its largest increase in over three years, reigniting inflationary pressures. Data released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday showed that after seasonal adjustment, the April Producer Price Index rose 1.4% month-over-month, far exceeding the 0.5% expected in the Dow Jones survey and higher than March's upwardly revised 0.7%. This was the largest single-month increase since March 2022. Year-over-year, the April PPI rose 6%, the highest level since December 2022. Excluding food and energy, the core PPI increased 1% month-over-month, surpassing the expected 0.4%. Further stripping out food, energy, and trade services, the PPI rose 0.6% month-over-month. Similar to the surge in CPI data released on Tuesday, energy prices were also the fundamental reason for the unexpectedly large jump in the April PPI data. The Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that within the composition of the PPI, about three-quarters of the increase in goods prices was driven by final demand energy prices, which rose 7.8% for the month. Of this, over 40% could be attributed to a 15.6% surge in gasoline prices. During the month, impacted by the shock of the Iran war on the entire energy sector, US gasoline prices had already far exceeded $4 per gallon. (Jin Shi)