Wholesale inflation rose to 4%, but was lower than expected (4.6%).
This data shows how much prices rise before reaching the final consumer.
Bitcoin (BTC) crosses the $75,000 barrier today, April 14, 2026, after the publication of wholesale inflation in the United States.
He producer price index (IPP, for its acronym in Spanish; PPI Core in English) stood at 4.0% year-on-year, below the 4.6% that the market expected.
In monthly terms, he indicator recorded an advance of 0.5% in March, but it was also lower than the forecast of 1.1%.
As CriptoNoticias has reported, this indicator measures the prices that producers receive for goods and services before they reach the final consumer, so it usually anticipates the evolution of retail inflation.
For that reason, it is one of the data that The FED uses it to evaluate whether to maintain, raise or lower interest rates.
Although the data was better than expected, it still shows an acceleration compared to the previous 3.4% in year-on-year terms. This indicates that inflationary pressures are still present in the US economy.
At that point one of the keys to the current context appears. The war in the Middle East continues to impact energy prices. The tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, a route through which nearly 20% of the world’s oil circulates, have contributed to raising the price of crude oil, transferring this increase to production costs (it is worth clarifying that at the close of this publication it was known that there could be new negotiations between the United States and Iran)
This scenario generates tension in the markets. On the one hand, inflation remains high and is driven by external factors such as energy.
On the other hand, the fact that the data was lower than expected was interpreted as a less negative signal, since reduces immediate pressure on the FED to tighten monetary policywhich favors assets considered risky such as bitcoin.