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[TJ Parker]

nota bene! re "...which could happen - claims, PPI..."

as i posted here last night, ppi numbers will be delayed indefinitely because of "circumstances beyond their control".

Separately, the Labor Department, citing "unexpected" statistical difficulties in preparing its Producer Price Index for January, said that it has indefinitely postponed release of the data, originally scheduled for Thursday morning. The department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said it was having problems converting some categories to a new classification system and is putting off the release until the problem is solved. Officials said the delay won't affect Friday's scheduled release of the monthly Consumer Price Index.

the conspiracy-theorist in me, of course, takes this to mean that the number is too high to report.