U.S. ECONOMIC DATA — OCTOBER 15, 2026 INFLATION — SEPTEMBER PPI 🔸 Headline PPI MoM: +1.3% (Est. +0.6%) 🔸 Headline PPI YoY: +6.3% (Est. +5.4%) 🔸 Core PPI MoM: +0.7% (Est. +0.3%) 🔸 Core PPI YoY: +5.0% (Est. +4.4%) 🔸 PPI Ex-Food, Energy & Trade: +0.5% MoM, +5.0% YoY 🔸 Energy Prices: +10.8% 🔸 Food Prices: +1.2% 🔸 Goods Prices: +2.6% 🔸 Services Prices: +0.8% 🔸 Trade Services: +1.4% CONSUMER SPENDING — SEPTEMBER 🔸 Retail Sales: +0.8% MoM (Est. +0.3%) 🔸 Retail Sales Ex-Autos: +0.9% (Est. +0.5%) 🔸 Retail Sales Ex-Autos & Gas: +0.2% 🔸 Retail Sales Control Group: +0.1% 🔸 August Retail Sales: Revised to +1.1% 🔸 August Ex-Autos: Revised to +1.3% 🔸 August Control Group: +1.2% LABOR MARKET 🔸 Initial Jobless Claims: 199K (Est. 200K; Prior 198K, revised from 197K) 🔸 Continuing Claims: 1.710M (Prior 1.714M, revised from 1.716M) MANUFACTURING — OCTOBER 🔸 NY Empire State Index: 25.5 (Prior 7.6) 🔸 NY Prices Paid: 59.5 (Prior 63.1) 🔸 NY New Orders: 23.2 (Prior 2.0) 🔸 NY Employment: 10.3 (Prior 10.6) 🔸 Philadelphia Fed Index: 20.9 (Est. 28.0) 🔸 Philadelphia Prices Paid: 43.2 (Prior 48.6) THE KEY TAKEAWAY: Producer inflation significantly exceeded expectations, consumer spending remained strong, and jobless claims stayed low — reinforcing concerns that the Fed may need to tighten monetary policy further.(彭博社)