{"id":7807,"date":"2025-08-14T14:48:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/dow-slips-amid-hotter-than-expected-ppi-inflation-data\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:48:09","slug":"dow-slips-amid-hotter-than-expected-ppi-inflation-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/dow-slips-amid-hotter-than-expected-ppi-inflation-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Dow slips amid hotter than expected PPI inflation data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Stocks traded lower at open on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling nearly 200 points as the market reacted to a hotter-than-expected inflation report.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_8911cdec2e24e6e71c5ef20f0029605a\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stocks fell as the producer price index came in hotter than expected.<\/li>\n<li>Dow dropped sharply before showing a slight recovery, while Bitcoin slipped from all-time highs of $124k<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined nearly 200 points, or about 0.4%, as Wall Street digested the latest producer price index data. The S&amp;P 500 also shed gains, slipping about 0.3% to move off record highs reached in the previous session. Overall sentiment around the PPI inflation print for July also weighed on the Nasdaq Composite, which fell about 0.2%.<\/p>\n<p>As stocks fell amid an injection of negative sentiment, cryptocurrencies pared gains. The volatility was sharp.<\/p>\n<p>The crypto market cap dropped by about 2.6% to hover just above $4 trillion, with Bitcoin (BTC) declining to around $118,500 and Ethereum (ETH) retreated to around $4,600. In comparison to prices prior to PPI data, BTC had reached an all-time high of $124,457 earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stocks fall on hot PPI <\/h2>\n<p>Wall Street\u2019s reaction followed July\u2019s producer price index data, which <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/ppi-inflation-shock-core-producer-prices-hit-3-year-high-in-july-in-head-scratching-inflation-surge-123743902.html\" target=\"_blank\">showed<\/a> PPI PPI rose 0.9% month-over-month, far above the consensus estimate of 0.2%. The inflation report also showed producer prices climbed 3.3% annually in July, the highest since February 2025. Meanwhile, \u201ccore\u201d PPI, which excludes food and energy costs, rose at levels last seen in June 2022.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PPI 0.9% MoM, Exp. 0.2%<br \/>PPI 3.3% YoY, Exp. 2.5%<\/p>\n<p>PPI Core 0.9% MoM, Exp. 0.2%<br \/>PPI Core 3.7% YoY, Exp. 3.0%<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 zerohedge (@zerohedge) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zerohedge\/status\/1955970463688966217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq remain near record highs, reached as Wall Street celebrated corporate earnings and cooler-than-expected CPI. However, the latest inflation report on wholesale costs injected jitters into the market, with investors concerned the PPI reading could lead the Federal Reserve to delay a rate cut in September.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the hotter data, fed funds futures still signaled a bullish outlook, with investors pricing the odds of a Fed rate cut in September at 93%, down only slightly from 94% on Wednesday. Traders monitoring other market factors helped the Dow recover part of its losses, though it was still down 98 points at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stocks traded lower at open on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling nearly 200 points as the market reacted to a hotter-than-expected inflation report. 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