[The rising costs are passed on to consumers of course. This confirms mid-term voter rejection of the Trump mis-administration handling of the economy. Note in particular the ~25% increase in trucking costs, aka Trump-flation – AutoCrat.]

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today said that the transportation equipment Producer Price Index (PPI)* rose 2.6% from October 2025 to October 2026. The Labor Department producer price index rose 0.3% from September to October, down from a 1.4% jump in the previous month. However year-over-year, it climbed 6.5%, up from 6.3% in September. This is the largest increase since November 2022. One year ago, wholesale inflation was only 3.1%.

*PPI, produced and published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), measures inflation from the perspective of the producers (sellers) of products.