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Prices Paid to U.S. Producers Rose 0.2% in January, The Labor Department Reported Feb. 19.

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Core prompt: Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.2% in January, the Labor Department reported Feb. 19. Last month's producer price index read

Prices paid to U.S. producers rose 0.2% in January, the Labor Department reported Feb. 19.

Last month's producer price index reading followed a rise of 0.1% in December. Economists' had forecast a 0.1% rise, Bloomberg News reported.

The so-called core PPI, which excludes food and energy, increased 0.2%. Economists had predicted a 0.1% rise.

"Pipeline pressures remain muted," Russell Price, a senior economist at Ameriprise Financial Inc., told Bloomberg. "Overall, businesses have very weak pricing power."

The most recent data released by the Labor Department is the debut of a revamped PPI, the first major overhaul since 1978, to double its reach of the economy by including prices received for construction, exports, government purchases, services and goods, Bloomberg reported.

The altered PPI encompasses 75% of the economy, up from just a third of all production, which previously reflected the costs of goods alone. 

 
 
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