PPI Prints Below Expectations, As Expected
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Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/11/2012 08:42 -0400
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2 minutes before the PPI number, expected at a 0.0% print, came out, we said:
When PPI comes below expectations does that mean Dimon's plan for quick QE release is on?
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 11, 2012
Sure enough:
PPI: -0.2%, a decline, and a miss of expectations of 0.0%, Y/Y +1.9%, Exp. 2.1%, first drop in 4 months.
Core PPI: 0.2%, in line.
April PPI “should allay fears of producer costs being passed through to customers downstream,� says Bloomberg economist Joseph Brusuelas
Supports Fed’s assessment of transitory inflation increase on rising oil, commodity costs at end 2011
Intermediate costs decline points to reduced pressure on profit margins: Brusuelas
Core intermediate PPI, “closely� watched by Fed, increase "benign," notes Bloomberg economist Rich Yamarone
Full release for those who care here.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/ppi-prints-below-expectations-expected?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29

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