Reuters - The pace of U.S. economic activity
slowed somewhat through mid-July and price pressures were
elevated or increasing across the country, the U.S. Federal
Reserve said on Wednesday in a report showing evidence of
inflation warning signs across the country.
The pace of U.S. economic activity slowed somewhat through mid-July and price pressures were elevated or increasing across the country, the U.S. Federal Reserve said on Wednesday in a report showing evidence of inflation warning signs across the country.
"All reporting districts characterized overall price pressures as elevated or increasing," the Fed said in its Beige Book report on the state of the economy through July 14.
Input prices rose, particularly for fuel, petroleum-based materials, metals, food and chemicals, the U.S. central bank said.
(Reporting by Mark Felsenthal)