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US producer price index

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The figures for October

  • Producer prices, month on month+0.3%Expected 0.4% · before 1.3%

Official figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics; expected and before as the economic calendar gives them.

How markets took it

  • US 10-year yieldup +3.0 bp

    0.5× a typical day’s moveUsually falls on a result like this, but it rose.

  • Dollar indexup +0.09%

    0.2× a typical day’s moveUsually falls on a result like this, but it rose.

  • S&P 500down −1.05%

    0.8× a typical day’s moveUsually rises on a result like this, but it fell.

  • Nasdaqdown −1.81%

    1.0× a typical day’s move

  • Bitcoindown −1.22%

    0.6× a typical day’s move

  • Etherdown −1.88%

    0.6× a typical day’s move

Each line runs from an hour before it began to the end of our coverage; the thin upright rule marks when it came out. Moves are since it came out. Each line has its own scale, never tighter than half that market’s typical day, so a small move looks small.

A result like this: Core prices below the 0.3% expected

Softer price pressure would tend to ease rate fears, pulling yields and the dollar lower.

  • US 10-year yield Cooler inflation data usually eases yield pressure
  • Dollar index Lower yields tend to weigh on the dollar
  • S&P 500 Easing rate fears can support stock prices

How markets usually take such a result, as our newsroom wrote it before the release. Tendencies, not a forecast.

As it happened

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  2. Our newsroom

    US producer prices rose 0.3% in October, below the 0.4% expected, after a 1.3% rise the month before.

    Since the release, the 10-year US yield rose 3.2 basis points, the dollar index gained 0.11%, the S&P 500 fell 0.86% and the Nasdaq fell 1.57%.

  3. Markets

    Ether is down 2.3% since 13:30 UTC.

  4. Markets

    S&P 500 is down 1.1% since 13:30 UTC.

  5. Markets

    Nasdaq is down 1.1% since 13:30 UTC.

  6. Our newsroom

    US producer prices rose 0.3% in October, below the 0.4% expected and well under the previous 1.3%.

    Since the release began at 13:30 UTC, the 10-year yield has risen 5.4 basis points, the S&P 500 is down 0.05% and the Nasdaq 0.25%, while Bitcoin is down 0.46%.

  7. Markets

    Nasdaq has opened: down 0.2% since 13:30 UTC.

  8. Markets

    S&P 500 has opened: up 0.4% since 13:30 UTC.

  9. Markets

    The first quarter hour since it came out: US 10-year yield is up 1 basis points; Dollar index is down 0.1%; Bitcoin is up 0.5%; Ether is up 0.7%; S&P 500 and Nasdaq are closed for now.

  10. Our newsroom

    The US producer price index rose 0.3% in October, below the 0.4% expected and slower than the 1.3% rise before.

    Since it began, the US 10-year yield has risen 3.8 basis points, the dollar index slipped 0.04%, Bitcoin rose 1.02% and Ether 1.24%; the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are closed and have not moved.

  11. The figures

    The official figures for October, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Producer prices, month on month: +0.3%, against 0.4% expected.

  12. Live

    US producer price index: it is out at 13:30 UTC. We follow what it brings and how markets take it, here as it happens.

Written as it happens by our newsroom’s AI from our stories and the markets’ moves, and not read by a person before it is published; the market lines are written from the prices. Prices can be 15 minutes late. Not investment advice.

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