The CDC has truncated its COVID-19 wastewater chart to begin in spring 2024 instead of allowing you to compare the current era with the pandemic era

 

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 S&P 500 marches higher one day after benchmark wipes out Iran war losses

CNBC wholesale prices headline spin zone: "rose much less than expected"; Ragin' inflation reality: "the biggest 12-month gain since February 2023"

And core wholesale inflation in 1Q2026 also rounds to 3.8% yoy, and is right back where we started with Trump in 1Q2025, if you give me 0.04 for 3.77% year over year.

 

Wholesale prices rose 0.5% in March, much less than expected despite war impact

The producer price index, a gauge of pipeline costs for final demand goods and services, increased a seasonally adjusted 0.5% for the month, well below the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 1.1%.

Excluding food and energy, core PPI was up just 0.1% against the forecast for 0.5%.

On an annual basis, the all-items PPI accelerated 4%, the biggest 12-month gain since February 2023. The core PPI posted a 3.8% annual gain. ...

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