US Producer Prices Rise Less than Expected in World Economy News 14/04/2026 US producer prices increased by 0.5% month-over-month in March 2026, matching the previous period’s growth and falling short of market expectations of 1.1%. The rise was primarily driven by a 1.6% surge in goods prices, the largest increase since August 2023, fueled by an 8.5% jump in energy costs, largely attributed to the ongoing Iran conflict. Meanwhile, final demand food prices declined by 0.3%. On the services side, prices remained unchanged after a 0.3% increase in February. Within this category, a 1.3% rise in transportation and warehousing costs, along with a 0.1% uptick in other final demand services, offset a 0.3% decline in trade service margins. Year-over-year, producer prices rose 4%, the largest increase since February 2023 but still below the expected 4.6%. The core index, excluding food, energy, and trade services, edged up 0.2% month-over-month, slower than the 0.5% gains seen in both January and February, and climbed 3.6% year-over-year. Source: Trading Economics 2026-04-14 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share