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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its August producer price index on Thursday, September 10, 2026, showing wholesale inflation running at 5.4% compared with a year earlier — a far hotter reading than markets had been positioned for. Treasury yields, which had already been grinding higher during the London session, jumped immediately after the release, with the 10-year yield rising roughly 2.3% to finish near 4.96%, among its highest levels in years. The dollar and rate-sensitive equities reacted in tandem as traders reassessed how much pipeline price pressure would feed into consumer prices. The report mattered because it landed a day before the August consumer price index and directly into a live debate over whether the Federal Reserve would resume raising interest rates at its September meeting. Producer prices are a leading indicator of consumer inflation, and a 5.4% annual pace is well above the Fed's 2% target, reinforcing the case made by hawkish policymakers. Fixed income desks described yields at multi-year highs as the dominant cross-asset story of the day, spilling into equities and gold.