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Anyway, it was the biggest increase in five months and caused mostly by an increase in the cost of services, especially trade-related services.

See footnote tariffs.

Economists like to keep an eye on PPI because inflation tends to show up in the prices companies pay before they eventually pass it on to consumers.

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