April 11, 2025
United States:
US Producer Prices Unexpectedly Fall, Dragged Down by Energy
US wholesale prices fell in March by the most since October 2023, restrained by energy costs and adding to evidence of muted inflation ahead of the Trump administration’s tariffs on US trading partners.
The producer price index dropped 0.4% from a month earlier, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Friday.
Europe:
ECB Is Ready to Use Instruments It Has If Needed, Lagarde Says
President Christine Lagarde reaffirmed the European Central Bank’s commitment to intervention in favor of stability.
“The European Central Bank is monitoring and is always ready to use the instruments that it has available and has come up in the past with the adequate instruments and tools that were necessary in order to procure price stability and of course financial stability because one doesn’t go without the other,” she said in Warsaw.
Asia:
Price Expectations Rise in Japan as Tariffs Cloud BOJ Rate Path
Japanese households’ inflation expectations rose to the highest level on record on elevated costs of living, highlighting potential challenges for the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy efforts as it also confronts the impact of US tariff measures.
Households expect average annual inflation of 9.6% over the next five years, the highest in data since June 2006, according to a quarterly survey from the central bank released on Friday.
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