US PPI data rose slightly in November, mainly because gasoline and other energy prices went up. At the same time, many businesses appear to be absorbing higher costs from import tariffs instead of passing them on to customers. The Producer Price Index, or PPI, which measures prices that producers receive for goods and services, rose 0.2% in November. This followed a 0.1% rise in October. Over the past 12 months through November, producer prices rose 3.0%, up from 2.8% in October.