PPI

American  

abbreviation

1. patient package insert: a leaflet included with a prescription medication indicating its proper use.

2. plan position indicator.

3. producer price index.

4. proton pump inhibitor.

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Example Sentences

The PPI adds to the Wall Street consensus that the Federal Reserve will refrain from cutting interest rates again later this month.

From MarketWatch

Key details: The most worrisome part of the combined PPI report was a 0.2% increase in core wholesale prices in November and a steeper 0.7% hike in October.

From MarketWatch

Economists typically watch the PPI numbers closely because some of the underlying data is used in calculating the personal-consumption expenditures price index, the inflation metric that the Federal Reserve uses to gauge progress against its 2% inflation target.

From The Wall Street Journal

The next PPI inflation report, due Jan. 30, will give economists most of the data they will need to accurately estimate December’s PCE inflation reading—before the official December number lands on Feb. 20.

From The Wall Street Journal

The PPI survey was somewhat incomplete, however, because government statisticians were unable to collect all the price data they normally do during the 43-day shutdown.

From MarketWatch