...last month by the most in more than three years. Outside of energy and food, though, price gains were mild.The producer price index, which measures price changes before they reach the consumer, jumped 1.7 percent in August, the Labor Department...

...economists' forecasts.The one major positive development in the past two months is that gas prices have tumbled.The producer price index, a measure of wholesale prices, dropped 1 percent in May, the Labor Department said in a separate report...

...WASHINGTON TUESDAY: Commerce Department releases retail sales for May, 8:30 a.m.; Labor Department releases the Producer Price Index for May, 8:30 a.m.; House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on the proposed nuclear dump at Yucca...

...parallel with lower energy prices," said Gregory Daco, U.S. economist at IHS Global Insight.Overall, the producer price index, which measures price changes before they reach the consumer, rose 0.2 percent in May. That's much lower...

...Security and Medicare, with actuaries from each programTHURSDAY: Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims and Producer Price Index for June, 8:30 a.m.; Commerce Department releases retail sales for June, 8:30 a.m.; Commerce Department...

...Federal Reserve policymakers meet to set interest ratesTHURSDAY: Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims and Producer Price Index for February, 8:30 a.m.FRIDAY: Labor Department releases Consumer Price Index for February, 8:30...

...Federal Reserve releases industrial production for September, 9:15 a.m.TUESDAY: Labor Department releases the Producer Price Index for September, 8:30 a.m.; Treasury releases international money flows data for August, 9 a.m.; National...

...economy is growing at roughly the same 2.5 percent annual pace as the July-September quarter.Another report showed producer prices fell for the first time in four months, which might make it easier for retailers to use discounts and maintain the...

...starting to see some relief from high energy and food prices, which should benefit consumers later this year.The producer price index declined 0.1 percent in December, the Labor Department said. The index measures price changes before they...

...economic data ? on consumer credit, confidence and producer prices ? should give context to last week's lackluster...Bureau of Labor Statistics will issue new data on the Producer Price Index, which measures the average change in prices...