Philadelphia Fed
Philadelphia Fed
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banks business district energy expect high materials prices
Nevertheless, many business firms indicated to the District Banks that they expect high prices for energy and construction materials to persist,
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Higher prices for final manufactured goods were also more widespread this month, suggesting that higher costs have been passed on to customers.
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Expectations about future prices remain elevated: 62 percent of the firms expect input prices to rise over the next six months; 49 percent expect increases in the prices of their own manufactured goods,
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Price pressures remain but continue to show a moderating trend.
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These forecasts are higher than in the previous survey, particularly for the first half of 2006, suggesting increasing optimism among the forecasters.