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Jump to full article: Bloomberg News, 2000-02-17
Author: Vincent Del Giudice, Greg Quinn, Alex Tanzi and Terry Barrett
Intro: Prices received by U.S. factories, farmers, and other producers probably increased in January because tobacco companies began charging more for cigarettes, analysts said in advance of a report due out today.
Other prices probably showed little change. . . ``The big story in the report is expected to be the boost associated with the hike in tobacco prices,'' said analysts at Standard & Poor's MMS in Belmont, California.
. . The Labor Department is scheduled to release the inflation report at 8:30 a.m., Washington time.
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