E anche i prezzi all'importazione sono sopra le attese sebbene sia tutto dovuto alla crescita dei prezzi energetici mentre i prezzi all'importazione senza la componente petrolifera sarebbero in calo.
Reuters
Import prices rose 0.9 percent in July
Friday August 11, 8:36 am ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. import prices rose 0.9 percent in July, slightly faster than expectations, as petroleum costs jumped sharply, a government report showed on Friday.
Excluding a 4.7 percent rise in the cost of petroleum imports, import prices fell 0.1 percent, reflecting big drops in prices for non-fuel industrial supplies and materials, and unfinished metals, the Labor Department said.
July's 0.9 percent gain in import prices came in just ahead of the 0.8 percent increase forecast by Wall Street economists. The Labor Department revised the June price figure downward to unchanged from an initially reported 0.1 percent rise.
Higher petroleum prices driven up by escalating violence in the Middle East over the past month pushed up prices of imported industrial supplies and materials by 2.1 percent. Excluding those costs, import prices for industrial supplies fell 0.9 percent.
Imported unfinished metals prices fell 3.9 percent in July after a 7.4 percent rise in June, while prices for capital goods edged up 0.1 percent.
Prices for imported automotive products rose 0.2 percent, while prices for consumer goods excluding automotives fell 0.1 percent.
The report also showed that export prices rose 0.4 percent in July, slightly ahead of the 0.3 percent rise forecast by Wall Street economists. Export prices have not declined since November 2005, the Labor Department said.
