The Producer Price Index, or PPI, increased 0.2% M/M in October, matching the consensus and picking up from +0.1% in September, which was revised from 0.0%. On a Y/Y basis, headline PPI increased 2.4% vs. +2.3% consensus and +1.9% prior (revised from +1.8%).

U.S. wholesale prices rose a bit faster in October and suggested the battle by the Federal Reserve to reduce inflation to low prepandemic levels may go on a while.

Wholesale prices in the US rose last month, remaining low but suggesting that the American economy has yet to completely vanquish inflationary pressure. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — rose 0.