Producer prices surge, trade gap narrows (Reuters)
13th Sep 2005, 17:00 GMT
Reuters - U.S. producer prices surged 0.6 percent last month as energy costs soared, but underlying inflation held steady as food prices fell, the government said on Tuesday in a report unaffected by Hurricane Katrina.
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