High importanceUSUSD · Inflation · 15 Oct 2026 · 08:30 ET · released

US producer prices, month on month (Sep)

Actual
1.3%
Forecast
0.5%
Previous
0.5%

Below 0.25%In line 0.25% to 0.75%Above 0.75%

▏Forecast 0.5%○ Previous 0.5%● Actual 1.3%

Above its usual rangeUSD upabove 0.75%.

What moved

  • EUR/USD+0.10%
  • GBP/USD+0.11%
  • USD/JPY−0.21%
  • Gold+0.23%

EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY and Gold from the hour before to the hour after (08:00 → 10:00 ET), from 1-hour bars. Timing, not cause: other news lands in the same window.

At the same minute

  • High importanceContinuing Jobless Claims (Oct/03)1,710K vs 1,710KIn line with its usual range
  • High importanceInitial Jobless Claims (Oct/10)199K vs 200KIn line with its usual range
  • High importanceJobless Claims 4-Week Average (Oct/10)198.5K vs 199KIn line with its usual range
  • High importanceNY Empire State Manufacturing Index (Oct)25.5 vs 10.3Above its usual range
  • High importanceRetail Sales Ex Autos MoM (Sep)0.9% vs 0.5%Above its usual range USD up
  • High importanceRetail Sales Ex Gas/Autos MoM (Sep)0.2% vs 0.2%In line with its usual range
  • High importanceRetail Sales MoM (Sep)0.1% vs 0.3%In line with its usual range
  • High importanceRetail Sales YoY (Sep)6.3% vs 5.2%Above its usual range USD up

The levelsMeasured from its last 12 prints

BelowBelow 0.25%USD down
EUR/USD up GBP/USD up USD/JPY down Gold up
In line0.25% to 0.75%Limited follow-through
AboveAbove 0.75%USD upLanded here
EUR/USD down GBP/USD down USD/JPY up Gold down

In line is the forecast ± how far this series usually lands from it (median miss 0.25%). Above or below that is a genuine surprise. USD up or down is the playbook’s mapping for this release; the pairs show how each quote moves when USD does. Arithmetic, not a forecast.

Its own historyLast 12 prints vs the forecast before each: 6 above · 3 in line · 3 below

−0.55%0%0.55%1.1%1.66%Nov ’25Jan ’26Mar ’26May ’26Jul ’26Sep ’26Oct ’26

— Forecast before the print● Actual

Release history

ReleasedPeriodForecastActualPosition
15 Oct 2026Sep0.5%1.3%Above forecast
10 Sep 2026Aug0.4%0.4%In line with forecast
13 Aug 2026Jul0.2%0%Below forecast
15 Jul 2026Jun0%−0.3%Below forecast
11 Jun 2026May0.7%1.1%Above forecast
13 May 2026Apr0.5%1.4%Above forecast
14 Apr 2026Mar1.1%0.5%Below forecast
18 Mar 2026Feb0.3%0.7%Above forecast
27 Feb 2026Jan0.3%0.5%Above forecast
30 Jan 2026Dec0.2%0.5%Above forecast
14 Jan 2026Nov0.2%0.2%In line with forecast
25 Nov 2025Sep0.3%0.3%In line with forecast