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Prices · Friday, October 16, 2026

Wholesale prices jumped 1.3 percent in September

The File desk · Oct 16, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC

Status

Confirmed from the Bureau of Labor Statistics release USDL 26-1576, posted for 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. The percent changes below are the bureau’s.

  • Confirmed

    The Producer Price Index for final demand rose 1.3 percent in September, seasonally adjusted, after 0.5 percent in August and 0.2 percent in July. The bureau says that is the largest monthly advance since 1.7 percent in March 2022.

  • Confirmed

    Over the 12 months ended in September, final demand rose 6.3 percent before seasonal adjustment, the largest 12-month increase since 6.4 percent in December 2022.

  • Confirmed

    Goods rose 2.6 percent. Energy rose 10.8 percent and accounted for more than 80 percent of that goods increase. Gasoline rose 20.3 percent and accounted for half of it. Foods rose 1.2 percent. Services rose 0.8 percent. Final demand less foods, energy, and trade services rose 0.5 percent in the month and 5.0 percent over the year.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said wholesale prices for goods and services ready for sale rose 1.3 percent in September, after 0.5 percent in August. That is the largest monthly jump since March 2022. Over the last 12 months those prices were up 6.3 percent, the fastest 12-month pace since December 2022. Goods rose 2.6 percent. Energy, up 10.8 percent, accounted for more than 80 percent of the goods increase. Gasoline rose 20.3 percent and accounted for half of it.

The release is USDL 26-1576. The embargo line is 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. This Friday paper is the first edition after that print.

Goods prices rose 2.6 percent, the largest increase since the bureau began this goods series in December 2009. Energy jumped 10.8 percent. Foods rose 1.2 percent. Goods other than food and energy rose 0.3 percent. The bureau says more than 80 percent of the September rise in goods traces to energy, and half of the goods rise traces to gasoline.

Diesel fuel, fresh and dry vegetables, jet fuel, residential electric power, and crude petroleum also rose. Chicken eggs fell 39.7 percent. Prices for thermoplastic resins and materials, and for commercial electric power, also fell.

Services rose 0.8 percent, matching the largest monthly rise since April. Nearly half of that came from a 1.4 percent rise in margins for trade services, which is the gap between what a seller paid and what it charged. Transportation and warehousing rose 3.4 percent. Other services rose 0.3 percent. Margins for machinery and vehicle wholesaling rose 3.9 percent and accounted for more than 20 percent of the services increase. Margins for automotive fuels and lubricants retailing fell 30.3 percent.

Prices excluding foods, energy, and trade services rose 0.5 percent in September, after 0.3 percent in August, and 5.0 percent over the 12 months ended in September.

The bureau says some figures for May through August were revised because late reports came in. This release puts August’s final-demand increase at 0.5 percent. A footnote says those revisions can differ from what was published before.

The next Producer Price Index is Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. September import and export prices are a separate release, set for 8:30 a.m. Eastern today. That number is not in this paper.

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Primary sources

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  1. Source 1

    Producer Price Indexes — September 2026 (USDL 26-1576)

    U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · October 15, 2026

    The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 1.3 percent in September, seasonally adjusted. The September increase is the largest advance since rising 1.7 percent in March 2022. On an unadjusted basis, the index climbed 6.3 percent for the 12 months ended in September. Final demand goods rose 2.6 percent. Final demand energy jumped 10.8 percent. Gasoline jumped 20.3 percent. Final demand services advanced 0.8 percent. Final demand less foods, energy, and trade services moved up 0.5 percent and rose 5.0 percent over 12 months. Next release: Friday, November 13, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.

    https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm

  2. Source 2

    Public data API, WPSFD4, September 2026

    U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · October 16, 2026

    Seasonally adjusted final-demand index, WPSFD4: September 2026 = 159.780; August 2026 = 157.662. This story’s headline uses the percent changes in the news release.

    https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/