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Posted June 11, 2026 at 10:30 am
Editor’s note: This article was updated to add more details and context.
Producer prices accelerated further in May as the Strait of Hormuz energy shock continued to feed through the pricing pipeline, raising fresh concerns over the Federal Reserve’s inflation outlook under new Chair Kevin Warsh.
The headline Producer Price Index climbed from 5.7% year-over-year in April to 6.5% in May, topping economist expectations of 6.4% — the hottest reading since December 2022.
On a monthly basis, wholesale prices rose by a whopping 1.1%, surpassing the 0.7% consensus after April’s 1.1% surge.
Stripping out food and energy, core PPI stayed at 4.9%, missing a rise to 5.4%. Underlying month-over-month pressures rose 0.4%, decelerating from the prior 0.7% and against a 0.5% consensus.
The May print follows Wednesday’s hot Consumer Price Index reading of 4.2%, the highest since April 2023.
On the goods side, final demand goods jumped 2.8% — the largest increase since the series began in December 2009 — and the move was overwhelmingly energy-driven.
The single biggest gainer was gasoline, up 23.4%, which alone accounted for over half the goods advance.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics highlighted that the 10.7% surge in final demand energy drove roughly 80% of the entire goods increase, with energy for export rising 15.0%, government purchased energy 11.6%, and finished consumer energy goods 10.1%.
Prices for diesel, jet fuel, plastic resins, industrial chemicals, and natural gas liquids also climbed.
Among services, which rose just 0.3%, the standout was portfolio management, up 4.8% — a single line that the BLS said accounted for more than 40% of the entire services advance.
Wall Street largely shrugged off the hot print, with stock futures holding gains in early Thursday trading.
S&P 500 futures rose 0.39% to 7,316.17. Nasdaq 100 futures were up 0.36% to 28,771.50, while Dow Jones futures gained 0.35% to 50,274.88.
Small caps outperformed, with Russell 2000 futures up 0.71% to 2,861.9.
In currencies, the U.S. dollar index firmed 0.1% to 99.814.
The Treasury market reaction was muted: the 2-year yield, the most policy-sensitive tenor, slipped marginally to 4.14%.
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Originally Posted June 11, 2026 – Hormuz Energy Shock Lifts Producer Inflation To 6.5%, Highest Since December 2022 (UPDATED)
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