Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
19%
3 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans right
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Publisher signals
92/100
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Outlets on this story
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Other
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The Producer Price Index (PPI) hit its highest rate since 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Friday.
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Bureau → hit → Statistics
PPI, which measures the average change over time in the selling prices of domestic producers, rose to its highest rate since November 2022, CNBC reported.
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CNBC → measure → November
The report suggests that inflation due to the Iran War and tariffs might entrench high prices for consumers in the long term.
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inflation → suggest → term
PPI surged to 6.5% year over year, according to the BLS.
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PPI → surge → BLS
While prices increased less than expected in October, rising 0.3% as opposed to the anticipated 0.4%, annual PPI remains inflated.
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PPI → increase → %
That’s even hotter than the ~4% consumer inflation.
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That → ’ → inflation
Businesses are almost certainly going to pass some of those higher costs onto consumers.
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Businesses → go → consumers
It’s yet another worrisome inflation risk heading into 2027.
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It → ’ → 2027
And no, it’s not all diesel/gas.
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it → ’ → ?
PPI excluding food and energy = +5.0% CPI excluding food and energy = +2.8%
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) November 13, 2026
While the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is at 4% on the year, the higher PPI suggests that businesses could pass these production costs onto consumers, Chief Economist at Navy Federal Heather Long said in an X post.
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Long → exclude → post
This wave of inflation stems from more than just energy constraints.
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wave → stem → constraints
Annual PPI excluding food and energy is 5%, Long said.
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Long → exclude → food
(RELATED: Home Sales Dropping Like A Rock, Reach 16-Year Lows)
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Sales → drop → Lows
PPI is well above the 2% target set by the Federal Reserve.
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PPI → set → Reserve
“We’ve been above 2% for almost six years, and while it sometimes [seems like] we were making progress, lately we’re not making any progress, and if anything, it’s going the wrong way,” Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee told CNBC.
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Goolsbee → seem → CNBC
Consumers are feeling financial pain, and midterm voters most worried about the economy swung 60 points to Democrats since 2024.
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voters → feel → 2024
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