Data Rocks the Market

Wholesale prices excluding food and energy rose at the fastest pace in 16 years as oil prices neared $130 Tuesday, fueling concerns that inflation pressures will keep building even as the economy slows.

Core producer prices rose 0.4% in April, the Labor Department said. That was double forecasts. They climbed 3% vs. a year earlier, the most since December 1991.

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