LUMBER IS STORED in the yard at East Coast Lumber in Hampstead, N.H. Wholesale price increases in the United States slowed sharply last month as food costs declined, a sign that inflationary pressures may be easing. From January to February, the government’s producer price index fell 0.1%, after a 0.3% rise from December to January, which was revised sharply lower. / ASSOCIATED PRESS / CHARLES KRUPA
WASHINGTON (AP) – Wholesale price increases in the United States slowed sharply last month as food costs declined, a sign that inflationary pressures may be easing. From January to February, the government's producer price index fell 0.1%, after a 0.3% rise from December to January, which was revised sharply lower. Compared with a year ago,…
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