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Inflation Monitor I:Prices Paid & Received,Commodities, Imports,and Producer Prices

Yardeni Research, Inc.

July 6, 2021

Dr. Edward Yardeni516-972-7683

[email protected]

Debbie Johnson480-664-1333

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Mali Quintana480-664-1333

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Please visit our sites atwww.yardeni.comblog.yardeni.com

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Table Of Contents Table Of ContentsTable Of Contents

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Surveys 1-3Prices Paid 4Prices Paid & Received 5Commodity Prices & PPI 6-7Commodity Prices & the Dollar 8Imports Prices & PPI 9Prices Paid 10-11

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* Richmond prices are not diffusion indexes, but rather average annualized inflation rates. Note: Shaded areas are recessions according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Source: Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas, Kansas City, New York, Philadelphia, and Richmond.

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Regional Surveys*

Prices Received (44.8)Prices Paid (82.1)

* Average of prices paid and received in surveys conducted by Dallas, Kansas City, New York, Philly, and Richmond Fed district banks. Richmond pricesare not diffusion indexes, but rather average annualized inflation rates. They are multiplied by 10 in this chart for easier comparisons to other regionaldiffusion indexes.Source: Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas, Kansas City, New York, Philadelphia, and Richmond.

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Regional Surveys* (Fed) (82.1)

Prices Paid IndexesManufacturing PMI (ISM) (92.1)

* Average of prices paid and received in surveys conducted by Dallas, Kansas City, New York, Philly, and Richmond Fed district banks. Richmond pricesare not diffusion indexes, but rather average annualized inflation rates. They are multiplied by 10 in this chart for easier comparisons to other regionaldiffusion indexes.Note: Shaded areas are recessions according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.Source: Institute for Supply Management, Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas, Kansas City, New York, Philadelphia, and Richmond.

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US PURCHASING MANAGERSPRICES-PAID INDEXES

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PMI Prices Paid IndexesManufacturing (92.1)Nonmanufacturing (79.5)

Source: Institute for Supply Management.

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Percent Planning to RaiseAverage Selling Prices* (43)Percent RaisingAverage Selling Prices* (40)

* First month of every quarter from 1974 to 1986, then monthly.Note: Shaded areas are recessions according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.Source: National Federation of Independent Business.

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Surveys

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PPI: Intermediate Goods(yearly percent change) (21.8)

* Average of prices received in surveys conducted by Dallas, Kansas City, New York, Philly, and Richmond Fed district banks. Richmond prices are notdiffusion indexes, but rather average annualized inflation rates. They are multiplied by 10 in this chart for easier comparisons to other regionaldiffusion indexes.Source: Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas, Kansas City, New York, Philadelphia, and Richmond and Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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PPI: Intermediate Goods(yearly percent change) (21.8)

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics and Institute for Supply Management.

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Prices Paid

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Prices Received* (44.8)CPI: Goods(yearly percent change) (8.3)

* Average of prices received in surveys conducted by Dallas, Kansas City, New York, Philly, and Richmond Fed district banks. Richmond prices are notdiffusion indexes, but rather average annualized inflation rates. They are multiplied by 10 in this chart for easier comparisons to other regionaldiffusion indexes.Source: Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas, Kansas City, New York, Philadelphia, and Richmond and Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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* Average of prices paid and received in surveys conducted by Dallas, Kansas City, New York, Philly, and Richmond Fed district banks. Richmond pricesare not diffusion indexes, but rather average annualized inflation rates. They are multiplied by 10 in this chart for easier comparisons to other regionaldiffusion indexes.Note: Shaded areas are recessions according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.Source: Survey of business conditions conducted regionally by Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas, Kansas City, New York, Philadelphia, Richmond andBureau of Labor Statistics.

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Prices Paid & Received

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Commodity Prices & PPI

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Commodity Prices & PPI

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Commodity Prices & the Dollar

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Imports Prices & PPI

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PPI: Intermediate GoodsEx Food & Energy (17.4)

Source: Institute for Supply Management, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Prices Paid

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Prices Paid

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