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10 Sept 2026, 12:42 UTC · 19h ago
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The U.S. headline Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 0.4% in August, with the 12-month inflation rate hitting 5.4%, exceeding consensus estimates. — Higher-than-expected producer inflation suggests persistent price pressures, which typically prompts a more hawkish Federal Reserve and strengthens the USD, pressuring non-yielding assets like gold.
-0.60Spot gold prices fell 1.39% to $4,340.78 immediately following the release of the August PPI data. — The immediate price drop confirms that markets are reacting negatively to the inflation data, signaling a shift in short-term risk appetite for precious metals.
-0.40Core PPI, excluding volatile food and energy costs, rose 0.2% in August, which was slightly below the economists' 0.3% forecast. — A lower-than-expected core reading provides a slight offset to the headline data, suggesting that underlying inflation might be more contained than the headline figure implies.
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