Photo: A warehouse worker drives a forklift in the warehouse at Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits distribution center in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 28, 2018. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg A warehouse worker drives a forklift in the warehouse at Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits distribution center in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 28, 2018. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg

U.S. producer prices declined in May, restrained by a drop in the cost of gasoline and underscoring a continued easing in supply-side inflation.

The producer price index (PPI) for final demand decreased 0.3 percent from a month earlier, according to data out Wednesday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). From a year ago, the PPI rose 1.1 percent, the smallest advance since the end of 2020.

The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a 0.1 percent drop in the PPI from a month earlier. The S&P 500 opened little changed, and Treasury yields fell ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates later on Wednesday.

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