joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RawStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RawStory</span></a> @ 11:17am ET on Aug 14, 2025</p><p>Producers & manufacturers are paying more for the materials they need, and those higher costs could soon be shouldered by American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a>.</p><p>The latest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProducerPriceIndex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProducerPriceIndex</span></a> showed the wholesale prices increased 0.9 percent from June, raising the annual rate to 3.3 percent, showing that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> was creeping back up as costs rise due to President Donald <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassDeportations</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/producer-price-index-trump-pounce/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/producer-price-in</span><span class="invisible">dex-trump-pounce/</span></a></p>