(Bloomberg) -- Rising costs for food and fuel pushed U.S. wholesale prices higher in March, highlighting why the Federal Reserve maintains inflation is still a risk, economists said before a government report today.
Prices paid to factories, farmers and other producers rose 0.7 percent after a 1.3 percent gain in February, based on the median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey. Prices excluding food and fuel, called the core index, rose 0.2 percent and were up 1.8 percent over the last 12 months, the survey showed.
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