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Producer Price Index measures retail prices changes of industrial goods basket. Index is composed of entry price (components, parts, etc.) and the price of finished goods. Including the cost of labor in the price of finished product allows estimating the inflation rate in the country which was caused by the change of price on cost of labor. A more accurate value of PPI Index is obtained by exclusion of food and energy industries. Producer Price Index doesn’t take into account the price of imported goods and services, and has limited online forex market influence. When expecting major interest rate increases, this indicator’s value increase leads to the US dollar rate growth. PPI is published monthly a week after the data on NFP (Nonfarm Payrolls).