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Building A Pipeline Between Producer and Consumer Prices, No. 22-38

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Building A Pipeline Between Producer and Consumer Prices, No. 22-38

DATE: September 2022

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Do rapidly rising producer prices signal pain ahead for consumers? We take a fresh look at the relationship between producer and consumer price indexes. We document a correlation between upstream producer prices and the Fed's preferred measure of consumer price inflation (the personal consumption expenditure price index). Using a statistical model, we find that that levels and growth rates of producer prices have a statistically significant impact on consumer price inflation. Gaps between the two price indexes tend to normalize over time, which, given recent data, suggests that upward inflationary pressures on consumers could persist.

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O'Trakoun, John , Ramachandran, David and Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. "Building A Pipeline Between Producer and Consumer Prices, No. 22-38," Economic Brief (September 2022). https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/6034/item/625204, accessed on September 27, 2023.

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