The headline Final Demand Producer Price Index using new methodology gained 0.3% during June following an unrevised 0.5% strengthening in May. The 3.4% y/y rise was the strongest since November 2011. A 0.2% increase had been expected in the Action Economics Forecast Survey. The PPI excluding food & energy also improved 0.3% (2.8% y/y), the same as in May. A 0.2% rise had been expected. An updated measure of core producer price inflation (the overall index excluding food, energy and trade services) increased 0.3% (2.7% y/y) following two consecutive 0.1% gains.

Using the old methodology for the Producer Price Index, prices held steady (4.0% y/y) following a 1.0% jump. Excluding food & energy, the index increased 0.2% (2.2% y/y) for the fourth month in the last five.

Final demand goods prices edged 0.1% higher (4.3% y/y) after a 1.0% surge during May. The goods price index excluding food & energy gained a steady 0.3% (2.6% y/y).

Energy prices rose 0.8% (17.2% y/y) following a 4.6% jump. Gasoline prices improved 0.5% (36.5% y/y) after a 9.8% spike. Home heating oil prices strengthened 8.0% (54.9% y/y) following two straight increases of roughly 4.5%. Electric power costs rose 0.4% (2.0% y/y). The 1.9% fall (-2.6% y/y) in natural gas prices was the fifth drop in the last six months. Food prices declined 1.1% (-1.0% y/y) after a 0.1% uptick. Beef & veal prices retreated 2.3% (-7.4% y/y) after a 6.1% strengthening. The cost of fresh fruit rose 3.3% (1.9% y/y) following a 5.0% gain. Dairy product prices eased 0.1% (-1.0% y/y), following a 1.7% jump.

Nondurable consumer goods prices less food & energy slipped 0.1% (3.2% y/y) and reversed the prior month's gain. Men's apparel prices rose 1.2% y/y and home textile costs improved 0.1% y/y. Durable consumer goods prices rose 0.4% (1.8% y/y) for a second straight month. Passenger car prices rose 0.4% (0.1% y/y) but light truck prices increased 0.6% (1.4% y/y) for a second month. Household furniture prices fell 0.2% (NSA, 2.9% y/y) after a 0.2% rise. Private capital equipment prices improved 0.3% (1.5% y/y) for a second straight month. Manufacturing capital equipment costs rose 0.3% (2.3% y/y), while nonmanufacturing capital equipment prices gained a steady 0.2% (1.3% y/y).

Final demand for services prices improved 0.4% (2.8% y/y), the strongest gain since January. Prices less trade, transportation & warehousing increased 0.3% (2.3% y/y) after holding steady in May. Trade services costs strengthened 0.7% after a 0.9% increase. The 3.1% y/y increase compared to 1.8% last year, 1.0% in 2016 and no y/y change in 2015. Transportation and warehousing prices rose 0.5% (5.7% y/y), more than twice last year's annual increase.

Final demand construction prices rose 0.2% after holding steady. The 4.1% y/y increase was up from 3.1% in 2017 and 0.5% in 2016. Private capital investment construction prices rose a steady 0.2% (4.3% y/y). Government costs ticked 0.1% higher (3.9% y/y) after a 0.2% decline.

Prices for intermediate demand goods posted a 0.7% rise (6.8% y/y) following a 1.5% increase.

The PPI data are contained in Haver's USECON database with further detail in PPI and PPIR. West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil prices are found in the WEEKLY database while the expectations figures are available in the AS1REPNA database.