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US Producer Prices Up Most Since 2022 as Energy Pain Worsens
Producer prices, what businesses pay for goods and energy, jumped by the most since twenty twenty-two, and costs like that usually reach shoppers eventually; your burrito is watching.
Watch it as it aired: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on this story, from BBN This Morning at 6:23 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Bloomberg's, the jokes are ours.
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At a glance
- First reported by Bloomberg: “US Producer Prices Up Most Since 2022 as Energy Pain Worsens”.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 6:23 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock.
- Topics: US.
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What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBloomberg reports that producer prices, which is what businesses pay before things reach you, rose the most since twenty twenty-two, and energy is the main pain.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBut that's the wholesale side, Hank. Your actual receipt is far away from all that, like a cousin in another state.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe cousin has your address and a truck that runs on diesel.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOh.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHigher costs for the farm, the factory and the delivery van usually end up in your grocery cart, your gas tank and that eleven-dollar burrito.
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