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Producer Price Indexes – April 2009 The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.3 percent in April, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This rise followed a 1.2-percent decline in March and a 0.1-percent increase in February. At the earlier stages of processing, prices received by producers of intermediate goods moved down 0.5 percent following a 1.5-percent decrease a month earlier, and the crude goods index advanced 3.0 percent after declining 0.3 percent in March. (See table A.) Among finished goods, prices for consumer foods rose 1.5 percent in April following a 0.7-percent decrease in the previous month. The index for finished energy goods edged down 0.1 percent subsequent to a 5.5-percent decline in March. Prices for finished goods other than foods and energy inched up 0.1 percent compared with no change a month earlier.

Before seasonal adjustment, the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.6 percent in April to 169.9 (1982 = 100). From April 2008 to April 2009, finished goods prices fell 3.7 percent. Over the same period, the finished energy goods index moved down 25.6 percent. By contrast, prices for finished goods less foods and energy advanced 3.4 percent and the index for finished consumer foods increased 0.2 percent. For the 12 months ended in April, prices received by manufacturers of intermediate goods declined 10.5 percent, and the crude goods index dropped 40.0 percent. Finished goods The index for finished consumer foods moved up 1.5 percent in April following a 0.7-percent decline in the prior month. Prices for eggs for fresh use climbed 43.7 percent compared with a 9.5-percent decrease a month earlier. Similarly, the indexes for beef and veal, packaged fluid milk and related products, pork, young chickens, and manufactured starch also turned up in April. Prices for fresh vegetables, except potatoes, increased more than they had in March. By contrast, partially offsetting the upturn in finished consumer foods prices, the index for cooked or smoked prepared poultry products moved down 4.6 percent in April following a 0.8-percent increase a month earlier. Prices for Irish potatoes for consumer use decreased more than they had in March. (See table 2.) Prices for finished energy goods inched down 0.1 percent in April subsequent to a 5.5-percent decline in the preceding month. In April, falling prices for residential natural gas, residential electric power, and finished lubricants slightly outweighed rising prices for gasoline, diesel fuel, liquefied petroleum gas, home heating oil, asphalt, and kerosene. The index for finished goods less foods and energy edged up 0.1 percent in April following no change in the previous month. In April, higher prices for light motor trucks, pharmaceutical preparations, and consumer plastic products slightly outweighed lower prices for civilian aircraft, tobacco products, electronic computers, primary batteries, and non-wood commercial furniture.

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Intermediate goods The Producer Price Index for Intermediate Materials, Supplies, and Components moved down 0.5 percent in April following a 1.5-percent decline in March. Excluding foods and energy, the index for intermediate goods decreased 0.9 percent after declining 0.3 percent a month earlier. In April, falling prices for materials for both durable and nondurable manufacturing, as well as for materials and components for construction, outweighed rising prices for intermediate energy goods and intermediate foods and feeds. (See table B.) The index for materials for nondurable manufacturing fell 1.9 percent in April following a 1.0-percent decrease in March. Prices for industrial chemicals dropped 2.5 percent after no change in the preceding month. The indexes for thermoplastic resins, medicinal and botanical chemicals, and writing and printing papers turned down in April. Prices for agricultural chemicals and chemical products fell more than they had in March. By contrast, partially offsetting the faster rate of decline in the index for materials for nondurable manufacturing, the synthetic rubber index jumped 5.1 percent in April following a 12.8-percent decrease in the previous month. Prices for thermosetting resins, synthetic fibers, and inedible fats and oils also increased after falling in March. (See table 2.) The index for materials for durable manufacturing fell 2.1 percent in April following a 0.7-percent decline in March. Leading this faster rate of decrease, prices for steel mill products dropped 6.9 percent in April after edging down 0.1 percent in the previous month. The index for primary nonferrous metals also fell more than it had in March. Prices for thermoplastic resins and original equipment automotive stampings turned down in April. Industrial chemical prices declined following no change in March. By contrast, the index for copper and brass mill shapes climbed 19.5 percent in April after advancing 0.8 percent a month earlier. Prices for nonferrous wire and cable also increased more than they had in March. The indexes for synthetic rubber and synthetic fiber turned up in April. The index for materials and components for construction decreased 0.9 percent in April after falling 0.3 percent in March. Prices for prepared asphalt and tar roofing and siding products dropped 13.5 percent following a 7.3-percent rise in the prior month. The indexes for prefabricated metal buildings; metal doors, sash, and trim; plastic construction products; and millwork also turned down in April. Prices for steel mill products fell more than they had in March. Conversely, the index for nonferrous wire and cable advanced 8.3 percent after rising 1.1 percent in the preceding month. Softwood lumber prices turned up in April after falling a month earlier. The indexes for concrete products and sheet metal products decreased less than they had in March. The index for intermediate energy goods increased 0.7 percent in April following a 6.3-percent decrease in the previous month. Diesel fuel prices surged 17.0 percent after dropping 17.2 percent in March. The indexes for gasoline, jet fuel, liquefied petroleum gas, and heating oil also turned up in April. Prices for lubricating and similar oils fell less than they had in March. Conversely, the utility natural gas index decreased 7.2 percent in April following a 2.5-percent decline in the preceding month. Utility electric power prices also fell more than they had in March. The index for residual fuel turned down in April. The index for intermediate foods and feeds advanced 0.3 percent in April after decreasing 0.5 percent a month earlier. Beef and veal prices rose 4.5 percent following a 3.9-percent decline in March. The indexes for pork; corn, cottonseed, and soybean cake and meal; fluid milk products; processed young chickens; and canned specialty foods also turned up in April. Conversely, prices for shortening and cooking oils fell 1.3 percent after rising 2.4 percent in March. The indexes for processed eggs, cooked or smoked prepared poultry products, and boxed meat also decreased in April following gains in the prior month.

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Crude goods The Producer Price Index for Crude Materials for Further Processing advanced 3.0 percent in April following a 0.3-percent decline in March. The index for crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs turned up after falling a month earlier. Price increases for crude energy materials accelerated from the previous month. The index for crude nonfood materials less energy fell less than in March. (See table B.) Prices for crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs increased 4.6 percent subsequent to a 1.9-percent decrease in March. Leading this upturn, the index for slaughter steers and heifers climbed 9.0 percent in April after declining 1.8 percent in the preceding month. Prices for soybeans, slaughter broilers and fryers, slaughter cows and bulls, and unprocessed finfish also turned up in April. The indexes for fluid milk and fresh vegetables, except potatoes, rose more than in the prior month. By contrast, partially offsetting the upturn in the crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs index, prices for slaughter hogs turned down 5.7 percent after rising 10.8 percent in March. Prices for alfalfa hay declined more than in the previous month. (See table 2.) The index for crude energy materials moved up 2.9 percent in April following a 1.6-percent gain a month earlier. The increase in coal prices accelerated to 3.9 percent from 0.5 percent in March. The index for natural gas declined 3.1 percent after dropping 15.6 percent in the prior month. Conversely, prices for crude petroleum rose 9.2 percent in April subsequent to a 30.0-percent increase in the previous month. The index for crude nonfood materials less energy moved down 0.6 percent compared with a 1.6-percent decrease in March. In April, falling prices for iron and steel scrap; phosphates; gold ores; hides and skins; and logs, bolts, timber, and pulpwood more than offset rising prices for nonferrous scrap, copper ores, soybeans, high grade wastepaper, and corn. Net output price indexes Mining, Utilities, and Manufacturing Industries. The Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total Mining, Utilities, and Manufacturing Industries moved up 0.2 percent in April after falling 0.9 percent in March. (Net output price indexes are not seasonally adjusted.) Most of this upturn can be attributed to prices received by petroleum refineries, which advanced 11.5 percent after decreasing 6.8 percent in the prior month. The indexes for livestock slaughtering; automobile, light truck, and utility vehicle manufacturing; and fluid milk manufacturing also turned up in April. Prices received by pharmaceutical preparation manufacturers rose more than they had in March. By contrast, partially offsetting the upturn in the index for total mining, utilities, and manufacturing industries, the index for phosphatic fertilizer manufacturing dropped 38.6 percent in April after advancing 2.5 percent in the previous month. Prices received by manufacturers of cigarettes and petrochemicals also turned down after rising in March. The indexes for natural gas distribution and for gasoline engine and engine parts manufacturing fell more than they had in the prior month. In April, the Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total Mining, Utilities, and Manufacturing Industries was 104.1 (December 2006 = 100), 6.9 percent below its year-ago level. Trade Industries. The Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total Trade Industries declined 0.5 percent following a 0.2-percent gain in March. (Trade indexes measure changes in margins received by wholesalers and retailers.) Margins received by supermarkets fell 4.8 percent in April after advancing 5.1 percent in the previous month. The margin indexes for non-store retailers and women’s clothing stores also turned down after rising in March. Margins received by non-discount department stores increased less than a month earlier. By contrast, the margin index for gasoline stations fell 5.1 percent after declining 12.1 percent in the prior month. Margins received by wholesalers of durable goods and new car dealers rose more than they had in March. The margin indexes for radio, television, and other electronic stores and for warehouse clubs and supercenters turned up after decreasing in the preceding month. In April, the Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total Trade Industries was 111.4 (December 2006 = 100), 4.5 percent above its year-ago level. 4

Transportation and Warehousing Industries. The Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total Transportation and Warehousing Industries rose 0.4 percent in April compared with a 1.3-percent decline in March. Prices received by the scheduled air transportation industry group increased 1.3 percent following a 2.6-percent decrease in the previous month. The industry indexes for both local and long distance trucking of specialized new freight, inland water freight transportation, and line-haul railroads also turned up in April. Prices received by the general freight trucking industry group fell less than in March. By contrast, prices received by couriers decreased 1.1 percent after edging up 0.1 percent in the preceding month. The industry index for nonscheduled air passenger chartering also turned down in April following an increase a month earlier, and prices received by the freight transportation arrangement industry fell more than they had in March. In April, the Producer Price Index for the Net Output for Total Transportation and Warehousing Industries was 107.1 (December 2006 = 100), 3.1 percent below its year-ago level. Traditional Service Industries. The Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total Traditional Service Industries increased 0.5 percent in April after falling at the same rate in March. The index for the depository credit intermediation industry group advanced 2.8 percent following a 5.7-percent decrease a month earlier. Prices received by the securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities industry group; direct life insurance carriers; and the temporary help services industry also turned up in April. Conversely, the advance in the index for the direct health and medical insurance carriers industry slowed to 0.4 percent in April from 1.4 percent in the preceding month. Prices received by office of lawyers also rose less than in March. The industry indexes for non-casino hotels and motels and for lessors of nonresidential buildings turned down after rising a month earlier. In April, the Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total Traditional Service Industries was 102.0 (December 2006 = 100), 0.1 percent below its year-ago level. ***** Producer Price Index data for May 2009 are scheduled to be released on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).

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PPI Introduces Wherever Provided Services Indexes Effective with the release of July 2009 data on August 18, 2009, the Producer Price Index (PPI) program will begin publishing Wherever Provided (WEP) Services indexes. Similar to current PPI commodity indexes, the new WEP service indexes are constructed with pricing information collected from PPI’s industry-based survey, aggregated on a service-specific basis rather than by industry of origin. Therefore, the WEP services indexes measure price changes for specific services, regardless of the type of companies providing the services. Since the WEP services indexes are conceptually similar to traditional PPI commodity indexes, they will be included in Table 6 of the PPI Detailed Report, with major WEP services grouping codes ranging from 30 through 80. Since the WEP services indexes do not include data for physical products, they will not contribute to the PPI’s current Stage-of-Processing structure. Further information is available from the PPI Section of Index Analysis and Public Information, at [email protected] or (202) 691-7705.

PPI Expands Commodity Code Detail Effective with the release of July 2009 data on August 18, 2009, the Producer Price Index (PPI) program will have the capability to publish commodity indexes at a greater level of detail than previously has been available. As such, the July 2009 data release will include some newly introduced commodity indexes associated with 9-digit or 10-digit commodity codes. (The maximum code length permitted for commodity indexes will become 12 digits.) These indexes will be available in both the PPI Detailed Report and on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/ppi, using the current commodity data retrieval tools. Further information is available from the PPI Section of Index Analysis and Public Information, at [email protected] or (202) 691-7705.

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Technical Note Brief Explanation of Producer Price Indexes

Commodity Indexes

The Producer Price Index (PPI) of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is a family of indexes that measure the average change over time in the prices received by domestic producers of goods and services. PPIs measure price change from the perspective of the seller. This contrasts with other measures, such as the Consumer Price Index (CPI). CPIs measure price change from the purchaser’s perspective. Sellers’ and purchasers’ prices can differ due to government subsidies, sales and excise taxes, and distribution costs. More than 8,000 PPIs for individual products and groups of products are released each month. PPIs are available for the products of virtually every industry in the mining and manufacturing sectors of the U.S. economy. New PPIs are gradually being introduced for the products of industries in the construction, trade, finance, and services sectors of the economy. More than 100,000 price quotations per month are organized into three sets of PPIs: (1) Stage-of-processing indexes, (2) commodity indexes, and (3) indexes for the net output of industries and their products. The stage-ofprocessing structure organizes products by class of buyer and degree of fabrication. The commodity structure organizes products by similarity of end use or material composition. The entire output of various industries is sampled to derive price indexes for the net output of industries and their products.

The commodity classification structure of the PPI organizes products by similarity of end use or material composition, disregarding industry of origin. Fifteen major commodity groupings (two-digit commodity codes) make up the All Commodities Index. Each major commodity grouping includes (in descending order of aggregation) subgroups (three-digit codes), product classes (four-digit codes), subproduct classes (six-digit codes), item groupings (sevendigit codes) and individual items (eight-digit codes).

Industry Net-Output Price Indexes PPIs for the net output of industries and their products are grouped according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Prior to the release of January 2004, industry-based PPIs were published according to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. Industry price indexes are compatible with other economic time series organized by industry, such as data on employment, wages, and productivity. Table 5 of the PPI Detailed Report includes data for NAICS industries and industry groups (3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-digit codes); Census product classes (7- and 8-digit codes), products (9-digit codes), and more detailed subproducts (11-digit codes); and, for some industries, indexes for other sources of revenue. Indexes may represent one of three kinds of product categories. Every industry has primary product indexes to show changes in prices received by establishments classified in the industry for products made primarily, but not necessarily exclusively, by that industry. The industry classification of an establishment is determined by which products make up a plurality of its total shipment value. In addition, most industries have secondary product indexes that show changes in prices received by establishments classified in the industry for products chiefly made in some other industry. Finally, some industries have miscellaneous receipts indexes to show price changes in other sources of revenue received by establishments within the industry that are not derived from sales of their products—for example, resales of purchased materials, or revenues from parking lots owned by a manufacturing plant.

Stage-of-Processing Indexes Within the stage-of-processing system, finished goods are commodities that will not undergo further processing and are ready for sale to the final-demand user, either an individual consumer or business firm. Consumer foods include unprocessed foods such as eggs and fresh vegetables, as well as processed foods such as bakery products and meats. Other finished consumer goods include durable goods such as automobiles, household furniture, and appliances, as well as nondurable goods such as apparel and home heating oil. Capital equipment includes durable goods such as heavy motor trucks, tractors, and machine tools. The stage-of-processing category for intermediate materials, supplies, and components consists partly of commodities that have been processed but require further processing. Examples of such semifinished goods include flour, cotton yarn, steel mill products, and lumber. The intermediate goods category also encompasses nondurable, physically complete items purchased by business firms as inputs for their operations. Examples include diesel fuel, belts and belting, paper boxes, and fertilizers. Crude materials for further processing are products entering the market for the first time that have not been manufactured or fabricated and that are not sold directly to consumers. Crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs include items such as grains and livestock. Examples of crude nonfood materials include raw cotton, crude petroleum, coal, hides and skins, and iron and steel scrap.

Data Collection PPIs are based on selling prices reported by establishments of all sizes selected by probability sampling, with the probability of selection proportionate to size. Individual items and transaction terms from these firms also are chosen by probability proportionate to size. BLS strongly encourages cooperating companies to supply actual transaction prices at the time of shipment to minimize the use of list prices. Prices submitted by survey respondents are effective on the Tuesday of the week containing the 13th day of the month. This survey is conducted primarily through the mail. 7

Price data are provided on a voluntary and confidential basis; only sworn BLS employees are allowed access to individual company price reports. BLS publishes price indexes instead of actual prices. All PPIs are subject to revision 4 months after original publication to reflect the availability of late reports and corrections by respondents. BLS periodically updates the PPI sample of survey respondents to better reflect current conditions when the structure, membership, technology, or product mix of an industry shifts significantly and to spread reporting burden among smaller firms. Results of these resampling efforts are incorporated into the PPI with the release of data for January and July. As part of an ongoing effort to expand coverage to sectors of the economy other than mining and manufacturing, an increasing number of service sector industries have been introduced into the PPI. The following list of recently introduced industries includes the month and year in which an article describing the industry’s content appeared in the PPI Detailed Report.

Title

Code

July 1999

Telephone communications, except radio telephone …………………………. Television broadcasting ………………..

4813 4833

July 1995 July 2002

Grocery stores …………………………..

5411

July 2000

Meat and fish (seafood) markets ……...

5421

July 2000

Fruit and vegetable markets …………...

5431

July 2000

Candy, nut, and confectionery stores …

5441

July 2000

Retail bakeries …………………………..

5461

July 2000

Miscellaneous food stores ……………..

5499

July 2000

July 1998

New Industrial building construction …..

236211

January 2008

New warehouse building construction ..

236221

July 2005

New school construction ……………….

236222

July 2006

New office construction ………………...

236223

January 2007

23811X

July 2008

23816X

July 2008

23821X

July 2008

23822X 423

July 2008 July 2005

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods …………………………………….. Wholesale trade agents and brokers …

424 425120

July 2005 July 2005

Furniture and home furnishings stores .

442

January 2004

Electronics and appliance stores ……...

443

January 2004

444

January 2004

448

January 2004

451 452

January 2004 January 2004

Miscellaneous store retailers …………..

453

January 2004

Internet service providers ……………….

518111

July 2005

Concrete contractors, nonresidential building work ……………………………. Roofing contractors, nonresidential building work ……………………………. Electrical contractors, nonresidential building work ……………………………. Plumbing / HVAC contractors, nonresidential building work ..…………. Merchant wholesalers, durable goods ..

Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers ……………………. Clothing and clothing accessories stores …………………………………….. Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores ……………………………... General merchandise stores …………..

SIC 4812

9331 NAICS

PPI Detailed Report Issue

Wireless telecommunications ………….

PPI Detailed Report Issue

SIC Premiums for property and casualty insurance ………………………………...

Service sector industries introduced into the Producer Price Index, by SIC or NAICS code and the PPI Detailed Report that announces their introduction Title

Code

Web search portals ……………………...

518112

July 2005

Commercial banking …………………….

522110

January 2005

Savings institutions ……………………...

522120

January 2005

Boat dealers ……………………………..

5551

January 2002

Recreational vehicle dealers …………..

5561

January 2002

Direct health and medical insurance carriers …………………………………… Construction, mining, and forestry machinery and equipment rental and leasing ……………………………………. Management consulting services ……...

Miscellaneous retail …………………….

59

January 2001

Security guards and patrol services …...

561612

July 2005

Computer training ………………………

611420

July 2007

Blood and organ banks …………………

621991

January 2007

January 1999

Amusement and theme parks ………….

713110

July 2006

713910

July 2006

New car dealers …………………………

5511

July 2000

Gasoline service stations ………………

5541

January 2002

Security brokers, dealers, and investment bankers …………………….. Investment advice ……………………… Life insurance carriers ………………….

6211 6282 6311

January 2001 January 2003

524114

July 2004

532412 541610

January 2005 January 2007

Property and casualty insurance ………

6331

July 1998

Golf courses and country clubs ………..

Insurance agencies and brokerages ….

6412

January 2003

Fitness and recreational sports centers .

713940

July 2005

Operators and lessors of nonresidential buildings …………………………………. Real estate agents and managers …….

6512 6531

January 1996 January 1996

Commercial machinery repair and maintenance……………………………...

811310

July 2007

Prepackaged software ………………….

7372

January 1998

Data processing services ………………

7374

January 2002

Home health care services …………….

8082

January 1997

Legal services …………………………...

8111

January 1997

8711

January 1997

8712

January 1997

Engineering design, analysis, and consulting services …………………….. Architectural design, analysis, and consulting services ……………………...

Weights Weights for most traditional commodity groupings of the PPI, as well as weights for commodity-based aggregate indexes calculated using traditional commodity groupings, such as stage-of-processing indexes, currently reflect 2002 values of shipments as reported in the Census of Manufactures and other sources. From January 2002 through December

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2006, PPI weights were derived from 1997 shipment values. Industry indexes now are calculated with 2002 weights and 1997 net output ratios. This periodic update of the value weights used to calculate the PPI is done to more accurately reflect changes in production and marketing patterns in the economy. Net output values of shipments are used as weights for industry indexes. Net output values refer to the value of shipments from establishments within the industry to buyers outside the industry. However, weights for commodity price indexes are based on gross shipment values, including values of shipments between establishments within the same industry. As a result, broad commodity grouping indexes, such as the PPI for All Commodities, are affected by the multiple counting of price change at successive stages of processing, which can lead to exaggerated or misleading signals about inflation. Stage-of-processing indexes partially correct for this defect, but industry indexes consistently correct for this at all levels of aggregation. Therefore, industry and stage-of-processing indexes are more appropriate than broad commodity groupings for economic analysis of general price trends.

Index point change Finished Goods Price Index Less previous index Equals index point change

107.5 104.0 3.5

Index percent change Index point change 3.5 Divided by the previous index 104.0 Equals 0.034 Result multiplied by 100 0.034 x 100 Equals percent change 3.4

Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data Because price data are used for different purposes by different groups, BLS publishes seasonally adjusted and unadjusted changes each month. Seasonally adjusted data are preferred for analyzing general price trends in the economy because these data eliminate the effect of changes that normally occur at about the same time, and in about the same magnitude, every year—such as price movements resulting from normal weather patterns, regular production and marketing cycles, model changeovers, seasonal discounts, and holidays. For these reasons, seasonally adjusted data more clearly reveal underlying cyclical trends. Unadjusted data are of primary interest to users who need information that can be related to actual dollar values of transactions. Individuals requiring this information include marketing specialists, purchasing agents, budget and cost analysts, contract specialists, and commodity traders. It is the unadjusted data that are generally cited when escalating longterm contracts such as purchasing agreements or real estate leases. For more information, see Escalation and Producer Price Indexes: A Guide for Contracting Parties, BLS Report 807, September 1991, on the Web at www.bls.gov/ppi/ppiescalation.htm. Reprints are available on request. In 1998, the PPI implemented the X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Method; prior to that year, the PPI employed the X-11 method. Each year, the seasonal status of most commodity indexes is reevaluated to reflect more recent price behavior. Industry net output indexes are not seasonally adjusted. For time series that exhibit seasonal pricing patterns, new seasonal factors are estimated and applied to the unadjusted data for the previous 5 years. These updated seasonally adjusted indexes replace the most recent 5 years of seasonal data. Seasonal factors may be applied to series using either a direct or an aggregative method. Generally, commodity indexes are seasonally adjusted using direct seasonal adjustment, which produces a more complete elimination of seasonal movements than does the aggregative method. However, the direct seasonal adjustment process may not yield figures that possess additive consistency. Thus, a seasonally adjusted index for a broad category that is directly adjusted may not be logically consistent with all seasonally adjusted indexes for its components. Seasonal movements for stage-ofprocessing indexes are derived indirectly through an aggregative method that combines movements of a wide variety of subproduct class (six-digit) series.

Price Index Reference Base Effective with publication of January 1988 data, many important PPI series (including stage-of-processing groupings and most commodity groups and individual items) were placed on a new reference base, 1982 = 100. From 1971 through 1987, the standard reference base for most PPI series was 1967 = 100. Except for rounding differences, the shift to the new reference base did not alter any previously published percent changes for affected PPI series. (See “Calculating Index Changes,” below.) The 1982 reference base is not used for commodity indexes with a base later than December 1981 or for industry net output indexes and their products. For further information on the underlying concepts and methodology of the Producer Price Index, see chapter 14, “Producer Prices,” in BLS Handbook of Methods (April 1997), Bulletin 2490. This document can be downloaded from the BLS Web site at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch14_itc.htm. Reprints are available on request.

Calculating Index Changes Each PPI measures price changes from a reference period that equals 100.0. An increase of 5.5 percent from the reference period in the Finished Goods Price Index, for example, is shown as 105.5. This change also can be expressed in dollars, as follows: prices received by domestic producers of a sample of finished goods have risen from $100 in 1982 to $105.50. Likewise, a current index of 90.0 would indicate that prices received by producers of finished goods are 10 percent lower than they were in 1982. Movements of price indexes from one month to another are usually expressed as percent changes, rather than as changes in index points. Index point changes are affected by the level of the index in relation to its base period, whereas percent changes are not. The following example shows the computation of index point and percent changes. 9

Seasonally adjusted indexes can become problematic when previously stable and predictable price patterns abruptly change. If the new pattern persists, the seasonal adjustment method will eventually reflect it adequately; if the pattern keeps shifting, however, seasonally adjusted data will become chronically troublesome. This problem occurs relatively infrequently for farm and food-related products, but has more often affected manufactured products such as automobiles and steel. Since January 1988, the PPI has used Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment methods to enhance the calculation of seasonal factors. With this technique, outlier values that may distort the seasonal pattern are removed from the data prior to applying the standard seasonal factor estimation procedure. For example, a possible economic cause for large price movements for petroleum-based products might have been the Persian Gulf War. In this case, intervention techniques allowed for better estimates of seasonally adjusted data. On the whole, very few series have required intervention. Out of nearly 800 seasonally adjusted series, only 16 were subject to intervention in 2008. For more information relating to seasonal adjustment methods, see (1) “Appendix A: Seasonal Adjustment Methodology at BLS,” in the BLS Handbook of Methods (April 1997), Bulletin 2490 and (2) “Summary of Changes to the PPI’s Seasonal Adjustment Methodology” in the January 1995 issue of Producer Price Indexes.

applications guide a user through the PPI classification system by listing index titles and do not require knowledge of commodity or industry codes. Data retrieved are based on a query formulated by selecting data characteristics from lists provided. Two options are available to create customized tables, depending on a user’s browser capability. The one-screen option is a JavaScript application that uses a single screen to guide a user through the available time series data. The second option is a multiplescreen, non-Java-based application. Both methods allow a user to browse the PPI coding structure and select multiple series codes. Using the one-screen option, users can modify the date range and output options after executing the query using the reformat button above the data output table. •

Producer Price Index Data on the Internet In 1995, the BLS began posting PPI series, news releases, and technical information to both a World Wide Web (WWW) site and a file transfer protocol (FTP) site. During the years following the introduction of PPI Internet services, use of these sites eclipsed more traditional methods of data dissemination, such as subscriptions to the PPI Detailed Report. There were more than 2.1 million instances of PPI series being downloaded from the Internet during the 12 months ended December 31, 2007.

EXAMPLES For commodity and stage-of-processing indexes, series identifiers combine a “wpu” prefix (not seasonally adjusted) or a “wps” prefix (seasonally adjusted) with a commodity code. Commodity code wps141101

Retrieving PPI data from the PPI Web site PPI data can be obtained from the WWW address (www.bls.gov/ppi). Clicking on the “PPI Databases” link reveals the following methods of data retrieval: •

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Series Report is a form-based application that uses formatted PPI time series identifiers (commodity or industry codes) as input in extracting data according to a specified set of date ranges and output options. This application provides the most efficient path for users who are familiar with the format of PPI time series identifiers. Up to 300 indexes can be extracted at a time. There are five alphabetic prefixes used to create unique PPI time series identifiers: WP, WD, PC, PD, and ND. Each provides the user access to a different PPI database. Adding either a “u” (not seasonally adjusted) or an “s” (seasonally adjusted) to the end of these prefixes further specifies the type of data needed.

wpu141101 wpusop3000

Top Picks is a form-based application for both Industry Data and Commodity Data that allows the user to quickly obtain PPI time series data by selecting the most commonly requested time series, including the All Commodities Index and the stageof-processing indexes (for example, Finished Goods). Within each list, any one—or all—of the time series shown can be selected. A user can modify the date range and output options after executing the query, using the reformat button above the data output table.

Provides data for: Passenger cars, seasonally adjusted Passenger cars, not seasonally adjusted Finished goods, not seasonally adjusted

For discontinued commodity indexes, series identifiers combine a “wdu” prefix (not seasonally adjusted) or a “wds” prefix (seasonally adjusted) with a commodity code. Commodity code wds019 wdu0635

One-Screen Data Search and Multi-Screen Data Search are form-based query applications for both Industry Data and Commodity Data designed for users unfamiliar with the PPI coding structure. These

wdusi138011

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Provides data for: Other farm products, seasonally adjusted Preparations, ethical (prescription), not seasonally adjusted Stainless steel mill products, not seasonally adjusted

Industry-product code, discontinued NAICS series ndu212231212231

Current price indexes grouped by industry according to NAICS have series identifiers that begin with the prefix “pcu.” After the prefix, there are 12 digits (the 6-digit industry code is listed twice) followed by up to 7 alphanumeric characters identifying product detail. Dashes are used as placeholders for higher-level industry group codes. Industry-product code, current NAICS series pcu325---325--pcu336110336110

pcu621111621111411

pcu325412325412A

ndu2122312122312 ndu212231212231214

Provides data for: Chemical manufacturing, not seasonally adjusted Automobile and light duty motor vehicle manufacturing Offices of physicians, oneand two-physician practices and singlespecialty group practices, general/family practice Pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing, pharmaceuticals acting on the respiratory system

•

pdu331_#

pdu3711#111

Text Files (FTP) and the FTP server are best suited for users requiring access to either a large volume of time series data or other PPI-related documentation (such as seasonal factor and relative importance tables). The FTP sites can be accessed at ftp://ftp.bls.gov or directly from the links on the “PPI Databases” page or the PPI homepage. Data and documentation available for download include the following: Directory: Industry Data /pub/time.series/pc Industry Data - Discontinued (NAICS basis) /pub/time.series/nd (SIC basis) /pub/time.series/pd Commodity Data /pub/time.series/wp Commodity Data - Discontinued Series /pub/time.series/wd Special requests /pub/special.requests/ppi

Discontinued industry-product codes based on SIC combine a “pdu” prefix and “#” between the fourth and fifth characters of the product code. Series identifiers for the discontinued dataset use underscores as placeholders to complete a reference to an SIC industry group code of fewer than four digits. (All PPI industry-based indexes organized by SIC were discontinued with the introduction of NAICS.) Industry-product code, discontinued SIC series pdu28_ _#

Provides data for Lead ore and zinc ore mining Lead and zinc concentrates Lead concentrates

The FTP site maintains files to help with searches and downloads. These files are centrally located in the /pub/doc directory. Within this directory, the overview.txt file contains an overview relating to all BLS data available through the FTP site. For current commodity-based PPI data, the program help file is wp.txt; for discontinued commodity series, wd.txt; for current industry-based PPI data based on NAICS, pc.txt; for industry-based SIC time series that have been discontinued, pd.txt; and for industry-based NAICS series that have been discontinued, nd.txt. Users who prefer downloading PPI datasets as individual ZIP files should go to the directory labeled /pub/time.series/compressed/tape.format/ on the FTP site. This directory includes six PPI-specific ZIP files, one for each of the PPI databases—WP, WD, PC, ND, and PD—and a ZIP file for the annual 5-year revision to historical seasonal PPIs.

Provides data for: Chemicals and allied products, not seasonally adjusted Blast furnaces, steel works, and rolling and finishing mills, not seasonally adjusted Passenger cars

Price indexes for discontinued series grouped by industry according to NAICS have identifiers that begin with the prefix “ndu.” After the prefix, there are 12 numeric digits (the 6-digit industry code is listed twice), and up to 7 additional alphanumeric characters that identify product detail. Dashes are used as placeholders for higher-level industry group codes.

Other Sources of PPI Data PPI data can also be accessed via the BLS homepage (www.bls.gov). Clicking on the “Databases & Tables” tab at the top of the homepage calls up a listing all available BLS programs.

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statistics section provides relative importance and seasonal factor tables. The remaining sections offer special notices and publications pertaining to PPI methodology and applications. For questions or comments regarding PPI data classification, methodology, or data availability on the Internet, call or e-mail the Section of Index Analysis and Public Information at (202) 691-7705 or [email protected].

Additional information The PPI homepage (www.bls.gov/ppi) contains additional information regarding PPI data and methodology. The top section of the homepage provides PPI news releases, both current and archived, as well as general PPI information. The “Tables Created by BLS” section found beneath the

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Table 1. Producer price indexes and percent changes by stage of processing [1982=100] Grouping

Relative importance Dec. 20081

Unadjusted percent change to Apr. 2009 from:

Unadjusted index

Seasonally adjusted percent change from:

Dec. 20082

Mar. 20092

Apr. 20092

Apr. 2008

Mar. 2009

Jan. to Feb.

Feb. to Mar.

Mar. to Apr.

Finished goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finished consumer goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finished consumer foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finished consumer goods, excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods less foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Capital equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

100.000 73.502 18.710 1.752 16.958 54.793 38.764 16.028 26.498 5.927 20.571

168.8 173.7 177.7 161.7 179.4 171.5 182.1 144.4 157.2 159.7 156.2

168.9 173.9 174.0 155.1 175.9 173.1 184.6 144.2 157.0 159.6 155.9

169.9 175.5 175.8 165.4 176.8 174.6 186.8 144.3 156.6 159.4 155.6

-3.7 -5.5 0.2 -6.9 0.9 -7.9 -11.8 2.7 2.8 2.2 2.9

0.6 0.9 1.0 6.6 0.5 0.9 1.2 0.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2

0.1 0.1 -1.6 -8.2 -0.8 0.7 0.8 0.2 0.1 -0.2 0.2

-1.2 -1.5 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 -1.8 -2.4 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3

0.3 0.4 1.5 10.5 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1

Intermediate materials, supplies, and components. . . . . . . . . . Materials and components for manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . Materials for food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Materials for nondurable manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Materials for durable manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Components for manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Materials and components for construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed fuels and lubricants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

100.000 44.001 3.557 13.580 9.831 17.034 10.183 17.746 4.984 12.763 2.762 25.308 3.128 22.179 1.584 20.596

171.6 163.7 170.8 185.0 178.6 141.9 207.9 151.2 156.2 149.7 198.1 173.4 172.6 172.2 161.1 174.6

168.1 160.2 163.6 184.8 166.0 141.2 204.2 145.0 153.7 142.1 198.4 172.0 168.3 171.1 165.9 173.1

167.7 158.4 164.1 181.3 162.7 140.6 202.5 148.6 156.1 146.2 196.7 171.8 167.9 171.0 166.3 172.8

-10.5 -9.7 -9.0 -13.5 -20.9 1.4 1.1 -29.8 -22.4 -32.6 5.2 0.3 -0.3 0.3 -7.3 1.2

-0.2 -1.1 0.3 -1.9 -2.0 -0.4 -0.8 2.5 1.6 2.9 -0.9 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 0.2 -0.2

-0.9 -1.1 -2.1 -0.8 -2.6 -0.1 -0.6 -1.9 -0.3 -2.5 0.8 -0.4 -0.9 -0.3 0.7 -0.3

-1.5 -0.6 -0.4 -1.0 -0.7 -0.2 -0.3 -5.7 -4.1 -6.3 -0.4 -0.3 -0.4 -0.3 -0.7 -0.3

-0.5 -1.2 0.3 -1.9 -2.1 -0.5 -0.9 0.7 0.0 1.0 -0.9 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 0.2 -0.1

Crude materials for further processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foodstuffs and feedstuffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfood materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfood materials except fuel3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crude fuel4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

100.000 40.785 59.215 31.609 29.914 1.695 27.606 0.867 26.739

172.6 135.5 191.6 164.2 151.5 195.2 223.8 215.2 228.7

159.9 130.5 172.7 174.7 161.7 197.9 159.6 181.2 162.1

164.8 136.7 175.8 181.2 167.9 201.1 157.7 182.3 160.0

-40.0 -18.7 -50.1 -48.2 -48.5 0.8 -52.1 -41.6 -52.5

3.1 4.8 1.8 3.7 3.8 1.6 -1.2 0.6 -1.3

-4.5 -3.9 -5.0 1.8 1.9 0.9 -13.3 -6.7 -13.5

-0.3 -1.9 0.9 9.7 10.2 0.1 -11.3 -6.3 -11.5

3.0 4.6 1.8 3.7 3.8 1.4 -1.1 0.6 -1.2

Special groupings Finished goods, excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intermediate materials less foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intermediate foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crude materials less agricultural products3 , 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

81.2905 91.9826 8.0186 56.6418

166.1 171.8 167.9 197.3

167.0 168.4 164.0 175.6

167.9 167.9 164.4 178.6

-4.8 -10.5 -8.9 -50.7

0.5 -0.3 0.2 1.7

0.5 -0.9 -1.4 -5.5

-1.3 -1.5 -0.5 0.7

0.1 -0.7 0.3 1.7

Finished energy goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finished goods less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finished consumer goods less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

17.7775 82.2235 55.7255

130.6 172.3 179.0

132.4 171.9 178.5

135.7 172.3 179.3

-25.6 2.6 2.5

2.5 0.2 0.4

1.3 -0.2 -0.3

-5.5 -0.1 -0.1

-0.1 0.3 0.6

Finished goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finished consumer goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . Consumer nondurable goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . .

63.5135 37.0155 20.9875

170.8 180.1 211.0

171.4 181.4 213.8

171.3 181.5 214.0

3.4 3.8 4.7

-0.1 0.1 0.1

0.2 0.4 0.5

0.0 0.1 0.3

0.1 0.2 0.1

Intermediate energy goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intermediate materials less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intermediate materials less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

17.9116 82.0896 74.0726

147.7 175.3 175.9

142.6 172.3 173.0

146.2 170.9 171.5

-31.5 -4.2 -3.8

2.5 -0.8 -0.9

-2.0 -0.7 -0.6

-6.3 -0.3 -0.3

0.7 -0.8 -0.9

Crude energy materials3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crude materials less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crude nonfood materials less energy4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

40.9628 59.0388 18.2538

181.1 159.8 221.3

153.8 155.7 221.7

158.2 160.6 220.5

-54.3 -26.5 -39.9

2.9 3.1 -0.5

-8.5 -2.3 1.5

1.6 -1.9 -1.6

2.9 3.1 -0.6

1 Comprehensive relative importance figures are initially computed after the publication of December indexes and are recalculated after final December indexes are available. Individual items and subtotals may not add exactly to totals because of rounding differences. 2 The indexes for December 2008 have been recalculated to incorporate late reports and corrections by respondents. All indexes are subject to revision 4 months after original publication. 3 Includes crude petroleum. 4 Excludes crude petroleum. 5 Percent of total finished goods. 6 Percent of total intermediate materials. 7 Formerly titled ″Crude materials for further processing, excluding crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs, plant and animal fibers, oilseeds, and leaf tobacco.″ 8 Percent of total crude materials.

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Table 2. Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of processing [1982=100, unless otherwise indicated] Grouping

Commodity code

Unadjusted percent change to Apr. 2009 from:

Unadjusted index Dec. 20081

Mar. 20091 Apr. 20091

Apr. 2008

Mar. 2009

Seasonally adjusted percent change from: Jan. to Feb.

Feb. to Mar.

Mar. to Apr.

Finished goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

168.8

168.9

169.9

-3.7

0.6

0.1

-1.2

0.3

Finished consumer goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

173.7

173.9

175.5

-5.5

0.9

0.1

-1.5

0.4

Finished consumer foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

177.7

174.0

175.8

0.2

1.0

-1.6

-0.7

1.5

Fresh fruits and melons2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-11 Fresh and dry vegetables2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-13 Eggs for fresh use (Dec 1991=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-71-07

113.6 161.2 143.4

104.2 166.9 118.2

106.3 175.6 142.8

-16.0 1.3 -4.0

2.0 5.2 20.8

-7.4 -4.1 -15.2

0.5 1.2 -9.5

2.0 5.2 43.7

Bakery products2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Milled rice2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pasta products (June 1985=100)2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beef and veal2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed young chickens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed turkeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finfish and shellfish2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dairy products2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed fruits and vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Confectionery end products2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soft drinks2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roasted coffee2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shortening and cooking oils2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

245.0 253.4 187.5 148.5 119.6 138.2 122.6 249.1 173.3 175.3 230.7 179.7 177.0 252.8

247.1 219.6 185.2 134.4 113.4 146.2 120.1 260.1 153.1 174.8 229.9 182.2 175.7 229.7

246.4 208.9 184.8 140.5 115.4 147.0 122.0 260.8 153.8 175.4 230.3 182.7 180.8 226.6

5.1 -11.8 3.7 -4.2 -7.7 3.8 3.8 -0.6 -15.1 6.8 6.2 6.4 1.1 -24.8

-0.3 -4.9 -0.2 4.5 1.8 0.5 1.6 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 2.9 -1.3

0.7 -2.9 -0.5 -0.3 -0.6 -1.3 2.7 -0.8 -4.3 0.4 -0.4 -0.1 0.4 -7.4

0.1 -4.1 0.5 -3.9 -3.0 -0.8 -0.4 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1 0.1 -0.7 -0.6 2.4

-0.3 -4.9 -0.2 4.5 2.5 1.1 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 2.9 -1.3

02-11 02-13 02-14-02 02-21-01 02-21-04 02-22-03 02-22-06 02-23 02-3 02-4 02-55 02-62 02-63-01 02-78

Finished consumer goods excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

171.5

173.1

174.6

-7.9

0.9

0.7

-1.8

0.1

Alcoholic beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-61 Pet food2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-94-02

167.7 219.3

171.8 224.8

171.9 224.8

3.7 11.4

0.1 0.0

1.2 1.5

-0.3 1.1

0.2 0.0

Women’s, girls’, & infants’ apparel (Dec 2003=100)2 . . . . . . . 03-81-06 Men’s and boys’ apparel (Dec 2003=100)2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-81-07 Textile housefurnishings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-82

102.1 100.6 128.6

102.8 101.3 129.5

102.3 101.4 128.9

1.3 2.0 2.0

-0.5 0.1 -0.5

1.5 0.2 -0.4

-0.1 0.2 0.5

-0.5 0.1 -0.4

Footwear2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-3

158.6

160.9

160.2

2.8

-0.4

-0.1

0.8

-0.4

Residential electric power (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential gas (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Home heating oil and distillates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

147.4 238.0 114.5 154.5

149.0 215.8 134.4 134.4

148.3 201.7 151.0 143.7

4.4 -18.1 -46.3 -56.4

-0.5 -6.5 12.4 6.9

0.8 -3.6 8.7 -7.2

-0.5 -2.4 -13.1 -13.2

-0.6 -6.2 2.6 3.8

Pharmaceutical preparations (June 2001=100)2 . . . . . . . . . . . 06-38 Soaps and synthetic detergents2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-71 Cosmetics and other toilet preparations2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-75

140.8 162.8 148.9

143.7 163.0 149.5

145.6 162.3 149.7

6.5 8.2 1.8

1.3 -0.4 0.1

0.2 0.7 -0.1

0.1 0.1 0.1

1.3 -0.4 0.1

Tires, tubes, tread, etc2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-12

134.1

131.3

129.9

5.0

-1.1

-0.3

-1.9

-1.1

Sanitary paper products2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newspaper circulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Periodical circulation (June 2007=100)2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Book publishing2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

09-15-01 09-31-01 09-32-04 09-33

179.2 254.0 102.3 300.6

179.1 259.0 102.5 304.5

179.6 259.2 102.7 305.6

6.2 4.6 0.0 3.5

0.3 0.1 0.2 0.4

1.6 1.2 0.3 0.5

0.1 0.4 -0.5 0.6

0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4

Household furniture2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Floor coverings2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household appliances2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Home electronic equipment2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household glassware2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household flatware2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lawn and garden equip, ex tractors2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12-1 12-3 12-4 12-5 12-62 12-64 12-66

186.4 163.8 109.3 55.5 197.0 194.4 142.3

187.2 163.6 111.6 55.3 197.8 191.9 143.1

187.6 163.4 112.3 55.2 199.3 – 143.1

5.3 2.6 5.6 -2.8 6.0 – 2.4

0.2 -0.1 0.6 -0.2 0.8 – 0.0

0.1 -0.7 1.5 0.0 – – 0.0

0.3 0.0 -0.1 -1.3 – – 0.4

0.2 -0.1 0.6 -0.2 0.8 – 0.0

05-41 05-51 05-71 05-73-02

Passenger cars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11-01

131.9

130.5

130.3

1.7

-0.2

0.0

-0.2

0.2

Toys, games, and children’s vehicles2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sporting and athletic goods2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobacco products2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mobile homes2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jewelry, platinum, & karat gold2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume jewelry and novelties2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

136.1 132.1 515.3 223.5 162.5 159.8

142.3 132.6 545.3 222.5 167.7 159.3

142.4 132.7 537.4 222.5 167.2 159.3

6.9 3.7 7.4 3.9 0.7 -0.5

0.1 0.1 -1.4 0.0 -0.3 0.0

-1.7 -3.5 2.7 -0.5 0.8 -0.5

-0.9 0.6 2.5 0.0 2.5 -0.1

0.1 0.1 -1.4 0.0 -0.3 0.0

157.2

157.0

156.6

2.8

-0.3

0.1

-0.2

-0.1

198.8 189.6 173.2 197.8 146.5 210.0 181.1

199.4 192.3 173.5 197.1 146.0 212.3 182.2

199.3 191.4 174.9 197.6 144.6 213.3 181.7

5.4 4.4 3.8 4.4 -0.1 5.3 7.8

-0.1 -0.5 0.8 0.3 -1.0 0.5 -0.3

0.6 0.3 0.3 -1.5 -0.3 0.0 0.0

0.7 0.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.0

-0.1 -0.4 0.8 0.3 -1.0 0.5 -0.3

15-11 15-12 15-2 15-5 15-94-02 15-94-04

Capital equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Agricultural machinery and equipment2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metal cutting machine tools2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metal forming machine tools2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, and ind. molds2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pumps, compressors, and equipment2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial material handling equipment2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11-1 11-2 11-37 11-38 11-39 11-41 11-44

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of processing — Continued [1982=100, unless otherwise indicated] Grouping

Commodity code

Unadjusted percent change to Apr. 2009 from:

Unadjusted index Dec. 20081

Mar. 20091 Apr. 20091

Seasonally adjusted percent change from:

Apr. 2008

Mar. 2009

Jan. to Feb.

Feb. to Mar.

Mar. to Apr.

-0.6 -0.2 0.1 -1.6 -0.7 0.0 -1.2 -0.3 0.1 0.1

-3.1 -0.1 0.5 1.6 0.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.6 -0.2 -4.7

Capital equipment - Continued Electronic computers (Dec 2004=100)2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Textile machinery2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paper industries machinery (June 1982=100)2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing trades machinery2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transformers and power regulators2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communication & related equip (Dec 1985=100)2 . . . . . . . . . . . . X-ray and electromedical equipment2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oil field and gas field machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Office and store machines and equipment2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38.1 165.9 191.4 154.4 209.1 105.2 91.4 204.8 215.3 131.5

35.9 166.7 192.9 155.2 204.5 105.6 90.7 203.8 216.8 128.7

34.8 166.5 193.8 157.7 205.0 105.8 90.5 203.4 216.8 122.7

-15.7 1.6 4.2 4.1 -3.8 1.1 -1.3 2.6 7.6 4.2

-3.1 -0.1 0.5 1.6 0.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 -4.7

-4.5 0.4 0.1 3.3 1.7 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 0.1 -2.5

Commercial furniture2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2

196.0

196.1

194.6

4.3

-0.8

-0.5

0.3

-0.8

Light motor trucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heavy motor trucks2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Truck trailers2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian aircraft (Dec 1985=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ships (Dec 1985=100)2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Railroad equipment2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

152.7 184.8 179.3 239.8 206.8 180.7

151.2 188.7 177.2 238.6 208.1 181.8

151.8 188.7 177.3 236.1 206.7 184.5

3.2 4.2 2.2 4.6 5.3 3.2

0.4 0.0 0.1 -1.0 -0.7 1.5

1.3 1.4 -0.5 0.5 0.2 0.8

-0.4 -0.2 0.0 -1.4 0.6 -0.2

1.1 0.0 0.1 -1.0 -0.7 1.5

Intermediate materials, supplies, and components. . . . . . . . . . . . .

171.6

168.1

167.7

-10.5

-0.2

-0.9

-1.5

-0.5

Intermediate foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

167.9

164.0

164.4

-8.9

0.2

-1.4

-0.5

0.3

185.9 153.2 176.6 217.0 162.5 166.7

190.9 157.8 185.0 225.9 121.9 171.7

187.4 157.8 183.8 225.7 115.1 172.1

-30.4 23.9 4.9 8.8 -43.1 -3.6

-1.8 0.0 -0.6 -0.1 -5.6 0.2

-0.7 0.3 -1.9 0.4 -20.4 0.8

-0.2 2.0 1.0 -0.4 4.9 -0.3

-1.8 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -5.6 0.2

171.8

168.4

167.9

-10.5

-0.3

-0.9

-1.5

-0.7

118.0 121.8 127.2 135.4 145.8

108.7 117.7 127.7 134.5 146.3

115.9 118.1 128.0 135.0 146.1

1.6 -3.7 4.7 3.4 2.9

6.6 0.3 0.2 0.4 -0.1

-2.2 -1.4 0.0 -0.8 -0.1

-3.7 -1.3 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2

6.6 0.3 0.2 0.4 -0.1

Leather2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-2

232.3

228.0

222.8

-4.7

-2.3

0.0

-0.6

-2.3

Liquefied petroleum gas2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commercial electric power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial electric power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commercial natural gas (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial natural gas (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural gas to electric utilities (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jet fuels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No 2 Diesel fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residual fuels2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

05-32 05-42 05-43 05-52 05-53 05-54 05-72-03 05-73-03 05-74

144.8 173.2 188.3 254.1 261.5 190.0 163.3 168.0 112.9

152.3 174.7 188.5 224.3 228.8 169.0 121.5 132.6 124.9

159.9 174.2 186.7 204.9 211.9 154.5 135.2 159.8 119.1

-61.8 4.5 0.8 -21.7 -23.8 -26.0 -58.1 -56.2 -47.9

5.0 -0.3 -1.0 -8.6 -7.4 -8.6 11.3 20.5 -4.6

-1.8 0.8 0.8 -4.1 -7.4 -6.4 -11.2 -11.1 -8.1

-7.5 -0.2 -0.3 -4.2 -2.4 -1.8 -17.5 -17.2 13.3

5.0 -0.7 -1.2 -8.3 -7.7 -8.0 8.3 17.0 -4.6

Basic inorganic chemicals2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basic organic chemicals2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prepared paint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paint materials2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medicinal and botanical chemicals2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fats and oils, inedible2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mixed fertilizers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nitrogenates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phosphates2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other agricultural chemicals2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plastic resins and materials2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

06-13 06-14 06-21 06-22 06-31 06-4 06-51 06-52-01 06-52-02 06-53 06-6

293.9 202.1 236.2 225.4 160.6 193.7 260.8 346.4 380.9 180.2 190.3

299.7 206.5 237.0 218.2 172.1 190.6 211.2 262.0 333.5 189.9 193.7

285.0 202.8 237.7 217.4 168.6 206.9 202.3 269.7 228.1 190.2 189.5

21.0 -27.3 9.2 -3.3 16.6 -34.3 -9.2 -15.0 -26.5 15.4 -10.7

-4.9 -1.8 0.3 -0.4 -2.0 8.6 -4.2 2.9 -31.6 0.2 -2.2

6.4 -3.2 -0.1 0.6 -0.6 -9.1 -0.1 -18.0 21.4 3.1 2.5

-4.6 1.5 -0.4 -1.1 2.2 -4.6 -8.0 5.0 0.9 4.9 1.0

-4.9 -1.8 0.3 -0.4 -2.0 8.6 -4.6 3.2 -31.6 0.2 -2.2

Synthetic rubber2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plastic construction products2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unsupported plastic film, sheet, & other shapes2 . . . . . . . . . . . . Plastic parts and components for manufacturing2 . . . . . . . . . . . .

07-11-02 07-21 07-22 07-26

228.9 187.9 194.9 136.1

169.9 186.9 189.7 134.6

178.6 185.9 189.7 134.4

-3.2 2.8 -1.5 3.3

5.1 -0.5 0.0 -0.1

4.9 -0.1 -0.8 0.3

-12.8 0.1 -0.4 -0.3

5.1 -0.5 0.0 -0.1

Softwood lumber2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hardwood lumber2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Millwork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plywood2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Treated wood (June 1985=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

08-11 08-12 08-2 08-3 08-71-01

146.1 178.4 206.2 168.6 161.8

134.9 168.5 206.5 163.1 160.6

137.1 167.4 205.7 160.6 159.7

-10.8 -10.6 0.7 -7.3 -0.9

1.6 -0.7 -0.4 -1.5 -0.6

-0.6 -1.2 -0.3 -0.4 0.4

-3.5 -2.7 0.4 -1.0 -0.4

1.6 -0.7 -0.5 -1.5 -1.0

Flour2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Refined sugar and byproducts2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Confectionery materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soft drink beverage bases (Dec 1985=100)2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed eggs2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prepared animal feeds2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11-51 11-62 11-64 11-65 11-74 11-76 11-79-05 11-91 11-92 11-93

14-11-05 14-11-06 14-14 14-21-02 14-31 14-4

02-12-03 02-53 02-54 02-64-01-11 02-83 02-9

Intermediate materials less foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Synthetic fibers2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed yarns and threads2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gray fabrics2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finished fabrics2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Industrial textile products2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

03-1 03-2 03-3 03-4 03-83-03

See footnotes at end of table.

15

Table 2. Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of processing — Continued [1982=100, unless otherwise indicated] Grouping

Commodity code

Unadjusted percent change to Apr. 2009 from:

Unadjusted index Dec. 20081

Mar. 20091 Apr. 20091

Seasonally adjusted percent change from:

Apr. 2008

Mar. 2009

Jan. to Feb.

Feb. to Mar.

Mar. to Apr.

Intermediate materials less foods and feeds - Continued Woodpulp2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paper2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paperboard2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paper boxes and containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Building paper and board2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commercial printing (June 1982=100)2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

09-11 09-13 09-14 09-15-03 09-2 09-37

164.4 189.5 229.1 216.5 163.2 169.4

155.8 185.5 217.0 215.1 156.9 167.7

150.4 183.0 211.4 213.8 155.3 168.2

-12.1 1.5 0.8 5.3 -0.3 -0.4

-3.5 -1.3 -2.6 -0.6 -1.0 0.3

-0.9 -0.7 -1.4 0.0 1.9 -0.8

-3.5 -0.6 -2.1 -0.3 -3.7 -0.3

-3.5 -1.3 -2.6 -0.6 -1.0 0.3

Foundry and forge shop products2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steel mill products2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Primary nonferrous metals2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aluminum mill shapes2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copper and brass mill shapes2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Titanium mill shapes2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonferrous wire and cable2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metal containers2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hardware2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plumbing fixtures and brass fittings2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heating equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabricated structural metal products2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabricated ferrous wire products (June 1982=100)2 . . . . . . . . . . Other misc metal products2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10-15 10-17 10-22 10-25-01 10-25-02 10-25-05 10-26 10-3 10-4 10-5 10-6 10-7 10-88 10-89

189.8 189.3 181.2 175.4 298.9 233.2 209.4 148.4 196.9 227.9 218.0 213.5 206.5 156.6

187.0 168.1 159.9 148.0 280.1 219.2 200.1 157.0 194.0 228.2 218.6 204.4 201.3 155.4

179.7 156.5 145.9 147.0 334.8 228.0 216.7 154.4 194.5 229.4 218.3 202.3 199.8 154.3

-1.2 -25.4 -53.6 -24.7 -25.1 -12.3 -18.0 9.6 5.0 1.1 8.3 0.7 2.9 4.3

-3.9 -6.9 -8.8 -0.7 19.5 4.0 8.3 -1.7 0.3 0.5 -0.1 -1.0 -0.7 -0.7

0.5 -6.1 -3.8 -4.2 -1.8 3.2 -0.6 4.7 -1.1 -0.6 -0.6 -2.0 -1.5 -0.1

-1.8 -0.1 -0.9 -2.9 0.8 -9.0 1.1 -0.4 -0.3 0.3 0.8 -0.8 -1.1 0.6

-3.9 -6.9 -8.8 -0.7 19.5 4.0 8.3 -1.7 0.3 0.5 0.2 -1.0 -0.7 -0.7

Mechanical power transmission equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metal valves, ex.fluid power (Dec. 1982=100)2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ball and roller bearings2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wiring devices2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motors, generators, motor generator sets2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Switchgear, switchboard, etc, equipment2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic components and accessories2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internal combustion engines2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Machine shop products2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11-45 11-48 11-49-02 11-49-05 11-71 11-73 11-75 11-78 11-94 11-95

232.0 166.7 242.8 219.8 208.6 185.6 200.0 75.8 159.3 171.3

233.3 166.5 245.7 220.5 207.4 187.6 200.6 75.4 161.4 174.6

232.4 166.0 245.9 220.3 206.1 186.9 202.0 75.9 161.6 174.2

9.4 4.1 4.0 7.0 2.3 4.6 4.3 -1.9 3.9 2.7

-0.4 -0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.6 -0.4 0.7 0.7 0.1 -0.2

0.5 -0.6 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.1 -1.1 0.1 0.1 1.6

0.7 0.4 0.1 -0.1 -1.5 0.8 0.9 -0.8 -0.2 0.2

-0.2 -0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.6 -0.4 0.7 0.7 0.1 -0.2

Flat glass2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cement2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concrete products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asphalt felts and coatings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gypsum products2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glass containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

13-11 13-22 13-3 13-6 13-7 13-8

119.4 208.7 214.3 234.8 222.2 175.8

116.5 209.6 215.3 236.8 222.2 178.0

116.0 211.3 214.6 211.9 221.8 177.6

3.1 0.0 2.8 35.1 5.1 4.5

-0.4 0.8 -0.3 -10.5 -0.2 -0.2

0.2 -1.1 -0.1 6.2 -1.1 -0.7

-0.8 0.1 -0.9 6.6 0.0 0.7

-0.4 0.8 -0.3 -11.8 -0.2 -0.2

Motor vehicle parts2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-12 Aircraft engines & engine parts (Dec 1985=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-23 Aircraft parts & aux. equip.,nec (June 1985=100)2 . . . . . . . . . . . 14-25

121.3 187.5 165.9

121.4 192.7 167.2

120.8 192.9 167.3

1.9 4.0 2.3

-0.5 0.1 0.1

-0.5 1.3 0.5

0.1 -0.1 -0.5

-0.5 0.2 0.1

Photographic supplies2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-42 Medical/surgical/personal aid devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-6

127.7 165.9

131.7 167.3

135.8 167.2

9.1 0.7

3.1 -0.1

1.4 -0.6

3.5 0.8

3.1 -0.1

Crude materials for further processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

172.6

159.9

164.8

-40.0

3.1

-4.5

-0.3

3.0

Crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

135.5

130.5

136.7

-18.7

4.8

-3.9

-1.9

4.6

01-21 01-22-02 01-31 01-32 01-41-02 01-42 01-6 01-83-01-31

144.9 126.0 121.3 68.4 217.3 139.7 116.9 135.1

157.5 147.9 118.4 73.7 195.4 138.7 86.1 150.9

153.1 150.1 129.2 69.6 198.3 138.3 90.6 176.1

-43.1 -35.3 -3.5 1.6 -4.0 -14.6 -32.8 -22.8

-2.8 1.5 9.1 -5.6 1.5 -0.3 5.2 16.7

-0.3 4.4 -1.5 -13.0 -3.2 3.1 -14.0 1.7

-0.8 1.3 -2.0 10.8 -10.2 -0.2 0.3 -8.4

-2.8 1.5 9.1 -5.7 4.5 -4.6 4.2 16.7

Cane sugar, raw (Dec 2003=100)2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-52-01-03

121.5

117.6

121.9

3.4

3.7

-4.0

-1.7

3.7

191.6

172.7

175.8

-50.1

1.8

-5.0

0.9

1.8

Raw cotton2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-51

86.5

68.1

71.3

-31.1

4.7

-8.1

-6.2

4.7

Hides and skins2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-1

171.7

115.4

93.1

-51.9

-19.3

-0.6

0.0

-19.3

Coal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-1 Natural gas2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-31 Crude petroleum2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-61

169.4 242.0 104.5

180.5 150.9 121.2

187.3 146.2 132.4

14.3 -61.9 -57.9

3.8 -3.1 9.2

2.2 -17.8 2.5

0.5 -15.6 30.0

3.9 -3.1 9.2

Wheat2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corn2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slaughter cattle2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slaughter hogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slaughter broilers/fryers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slaughter turkeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fluid milk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soybeans2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Crude nonfood materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Logs, timber, etc2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-5

209.5

180.3

176.8

-18.7

-1.9

-6.5

-2.6

-1.9

Wastepaper2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-12

178.4

194.1

211.9

-51.6

9.2

2.6

1.9

9.2

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 2. Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of processing — Continued [1982=100, unless otherwise indicated] Grouping

Commodity code

Unadjusted percent change to Apr. 2009 from:

Unadjusted index Dec. 20081

Mar. 20091 Apr. 20091

Seasonally adjusted percent change from:

Apr. 2008

Mar. 2009

Jan. to Feb.

Feb. to Mar.

Mar. to Apr.

Crude nonfood materials - Continued Iron ore2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iron and steel scrap2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonferrous metal ores (Dec 1983=100)2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copper base scrap2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aluminum base scrap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10-11 10-12 10-21 10-23-01 10-23-02

145.2 272.8 166.2 249.7 166.7

153.1 271.9 177.5 265.8 130.1

153.1 240.2 180.2 344.2 139.6

5.4 -65.7 -36.1 -43.1 -56.1

0.0 -11.7 1.5 29.5 7.3

1.9 -2.6 5.6 11.3 -3.0

0.0 -8.3 1.8 7.4 -6.7

0.0 -11.7 1.5 29.5 4.5

Construction sand, gravel, and crushed stone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-21 Industrial sand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-99-01

252.9 230.3

258.4 239.7

259.8 240.7

6.0 16.4

0.5 0.4

0.8 -0.3

0.2 2.4

0.4 0.1

1 The indexes for December 2008 have been recalculated to incorporate late reports and corrections by respondents. All indexes are subject to revision 4 months after original publication. 2 Not seasonally adjusted. ″-″ Data not available.

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Table 3. Producer price indexes for selected commodity groupings [1982=100, unless otherwise indicated] Commodity code

Grouping

Unadjusted index1 Dec. 2008

Mar. 2009

Apr. 2009

170.9

168.1

168.7

Farm products and processed foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Farm products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01 Processed foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02

162.2 133.9 177.7

158.9 130.2 174.7

161.8 136.9 175.4

Industrial commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Textile products and apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hides, skins, leather, and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuels and related products and power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chemicals and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rubber and plastic products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lumber and wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pulp, paper, and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metals and metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furniture and household durables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

172.3 130.2 168.9 145.7 227.6 169.8 188.0 228.0 189.7 131.0 152.1 204.6 162.8 218.0

169.5 129.1 156.6 139.4 228.6 164.2 181.1 226.5 181.3 131.4 153.1 204.2 162.4 219.8

169.8 129.8 150.5 143.6 225.4 164.1 180.4 226.0 178.9 131.3 153.1 202.2 162.1 218.3

177.4

175.8

174.8

148.9 133.7 109.9 199.3 87.4 166.9 173.7 152.4 226.0 147.1 136.8 190.2 176.2 174.7 249.1 129.1 159.7 215.5 176.0 130.0 350.7 280.9 178.2 162.7 227.7 169.6 178.4 154.9 200.5 206.8 195.6 188.0 180.0 171.9 198.4 190.3 113.3 168.7 176.0 232.6 137.6 146.7 113.3 158.9

145.1 151.3 109.5 181.8 69.0 133.4 182.4 167.6 224.7 143.7 141.5 192.1 179.5 174.0 226.0 129.8 160.7 149.1 177.4 129.7 359.5 246.3 176.7 151.8 169.0 168.3 174.5 144.3 196.8 204.3 180.0 175.8 160.7 171.9 199.7 190.2 113.4 170.7 178.9 236.3 136.9 148.7 116.2 159.9

150.7 152.5 115.9 183.9 71.8 156.1 204.5 193.9 223.4 145.5 140.9 192.3 180.1 178.0 223.2 129.4 160.7 147.1 176.5 145.1 362.2 218.9 176.3 152.3 177.6 167.8 174.1 145.3 195.4 203.9 167.5 182.4 171.3 171.5 199.5 189.8 113.5 170.1 178.7 237.8 136.8 148.7 119.2 160.1

All commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major commodity groups

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15

Industrial commodities less fuels and related products and power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other commodity groupings Fruits and melons, fresh and dry vegetables, and tree nuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slaughter livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slaughter poultry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plant and animal fibers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicken eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hay, hayseeds, and oilseeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oilseeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cereal and bakery products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meats, poultry, and fish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed poultry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sugar and confectionery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Packaged beverage materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fats and oils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other leather and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gas fuels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electric power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Refined petroleum products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drugs and pharmaceuticals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Agricultural chemicals and products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other chemicals and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rubber and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rubber, except natural rubber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plastic products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lumber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pulp, paper, and products, excluding building paper and board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converted paper and paperboard products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iron and steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonferrous metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonferrous mill shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metalworking machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General purpose machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special industry machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electrical machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other household durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concrete ingredients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicles and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toys, sporting goods, small arms, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographic equipment and supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other miscellaneous products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

01-1 01-2 01-3 01-4 01-5 01-7 01-8 01-83 02-1 02-2 02-22 02-5 02-6 02-63 02-7 03-81 04-4 05-3 05-4 05-7 06-3 06-5 06-7 07-1 07-11 07-13 07-2 08-1 09-1 09-15 10-1 10-2 10-25 11-3 11-4 11-6 11-7 11-9 12-6 13-2 14-1 15-1 15-4 15-9

1 Data for December 2008 have been revised to reflect the availability of late reports and corrections by respondents. All data are subject to revision 4 months after original publication.

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Table 4. Producer price indexes for the net output of selected industries and industry groups, not seasonally adjusted Industry1

Industry code

Index base

Percent change to Apr. 2009 from:

Index 2

2

2

Dec. 2008

Mar. 2009

Apr. 2009

Apr. 2008

Mar. 2009

Total mining, utilities, and manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12/06

104.9

103.9

104.1

-6.9

0.2

Total mining industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Mining (except oil & gas). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Mining support activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

12/84 12/85 12/03 12/03

174.8 184.1 173.0 177.0

157.2 152.9 181.6 168.2

161.1 159.4 184.6 162.2

-46.6 -59.2 -0.8 -4.6

2.5 4.3 1.7 -3.6

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

12/03

133.1

130.2

126.7

-5.8

-2.7

Total manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beverage & tobacco mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leather and allied product manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wood product manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paper manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petroleum and coal products manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chemical mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plastics and rubber products mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonmetallic mineral product mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Primary metal mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabricated metal product mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Machinery mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer & electronic product mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electrical equipment, appliance & component mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation equipment mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furniture & related product mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12/84 12/84 12/03 12/84 12/03 12/03 12/84 12/03 12/03 12/03 12/84 12/84 12/84 12/84 12/84 12/84 12/03 12/03 12/03 12/03 12/84 12/03

164.1 171.1 116.3 113.5 114.1 103.2 154.3 106.2 127.0 110.3 167.0 229.7 165.0 174.2 185.6 178.5 120.0 92.4 126.9 110.1 175.7 110.8

163.0 167.7 120.3 112.7 114.5 103.8 155.0 103.0 125.6 109.4 166.6 226.9 160.6 175.3 169.1 176.6 120.5 92.3 126.9 109.5 176.9 111.6

163.8 168.5 119.9 112.9 113.8 103.7 154.5 102.7 124.6 109.5 182.5 224.0 160.5 174.9 163.8 175.1 120.3 92.5 127.7 109.2 176.5 111.1

-6.6 -1.6 6.2 2.1 2.2 1.5 1.2 -3.3 3.7 0.5 -47.5 1.3 2.4 3.4 -22.6 2.3 4.5 -0.2 0.3 2.3 4.1 1.6

0.5 0.5 -0.3 0.2 -0.6 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 -0.8 0.1 9.5 -1.3 -0.1 -0.2 -3.1 -0.8 -0.2 0.2 0.6 -0.3 -0.2 -0.4

Total trade industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12/06

111.5

112.0

111.4

4.5

-0.5

Total wholesale trade industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Merchant wholesalers, durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 Wholesale trade agents and brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

12/06 06/04 06/05 06/05

114.5 119.9 129.7 109.4

116.9 120.2 135.4 111.0

116.7 121.7 132.8 110.9

10.4 6.8 15.8 0.3

-0.2 1.2 -1.9 -0.1

Total retail trade industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle and parts dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bldg material and garden equip and supp dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sporting goods hobby, book and music stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General merchandise stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12/06 12/03 12/03 12/03 12/03 12/99 12/03 06/01 12/03 12/03 12/03 12/03

109.5 117.1 120.6 107.8 118.1 153.1 136.4 77.7 110.6 112.7 112.7 155.2

108.7 117.2 120.7 102.4 119.2 158.6 137.9 62.4 114.9 111.9 106.9 159.0

107.8 118.5 121.4 106.9 119.0 152.3 139.7 59.2 113.7 113.7 109.3 146.5

0.4 -0.3 1.7 -10.7 1.4 3.0 9.8 -9.9 1.9 3.2 -5.7 7.4

-0.8 1.1 0.6 4.4 -0.2 -4.0 1.3 -5.1 -1.0 1.6 2.2 -7.9

Transportation and warehousing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12/06

109.9

106.7

107.1

-3.1

0.4

Transportation industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pipeline transportation of crude oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Refined petroleum product pipeline transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation support activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12/06 12/92 12/96 12/03 12/03 06/86 06/86 12/03

109.4 198.5 153.5 128.0 119.1 156.5 142.7 110.3

104.6 184.9 143.3 117.5 116.3 157.8 143.1 108.8

105.3 186.7 143.6 118.0 117.1 159.2 143.3 108.7

-4.7 -6.4 -6.1 -2.6 -4.3 6.2 5.6 -3.1

0.7 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.1 -0.1

Delivery and warehouse industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Postal service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

12/06 06/89 12/03 12/06

111.0 180.5 136.3 107.1

112.8 181.6 140.3 107.2

112.2 181.6 138.8 107.0

1.8 3.5 0.4 1.4

-0.5 0.0 -1.1 -0.2

Total traditional service industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12/06

102.1

101.5

102.0

-0.1

0.5

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISPs and Web search portals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Data processing and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12/06 12/03 12/03 12/03 06/04 12/03

102.5 110.7 109.3 101.4 72.9 101.3

102.4 111.4 109.3 101.0 72.4 100.8

102.1 111.5 106.6 100.6 72.5 100.9

-0.1 0.5 0.2 -0.4 -1.4 0.5

-0.3 0.1 -2.5 -0.4 0.1 0.1

311 312 313 314 315 316 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 339

441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 451 452 454

481 482 483 484 486110 486910 488

511 515 517 5181 5182

See footnotes at end of table.

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Table 4. Producer price indexes for the net output of selected industries and industry groups, not seasonally adjusted — Continued Industry1 Selected health care industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical and diagnostic laboratories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blood and organ banks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential mental retardation facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other selected traditional service industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Depository credit intermediation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Security, commodity contracts and like activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lessors of nonres bldg (exc miniwarehouse). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lessors of miniwarehouse and self storage units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offices of real estate agents and brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Automotive equipment rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other heavy machinery rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Architectural, engineering and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Management and technical consulting services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advertising agencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Travel agencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janitorial services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Waste collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amusement and theme parks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Golf courses and country clubs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fitness and recreational sports centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commercial machinery repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Industry code

Index base

Percent change to Apr. 2009 from:

Index 2

2

2

Dec. 2008

Mar. 2009

Apr. 2009

6211 6215 6216 621991 622 6231 62321

12/06 12/96 12/03 12/96 06/06 12/92 12/03 12/03

105.9 124.2 107.8 127.4 108.6 165.3 120.7 119.2

106.8 125.7 108.4 127.4 110.9 166.4 121.7 120.4

106.9 125.8 109.0 127.2 110.8 166.6 122.6 120.5

Apr. 2008 2.3 2.1 1.6 1.4 5.0 2.4 3.5 1.9

Mar. 2009 0.1 0.1 0.6 -0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.7 0.1

5221 523 524 53112 53113 5312 5321 532412 5411 5413 5416 54181 5613 56151 56172 5621 61142 71311 71391 71394 721 8113

12/06 12/03 12/03 12/03 12/03 12/03 12/03 06/01 12/03 12/96 12/96 06/06 12/03 12/96 12/03 12/03 12/03 06/06 06/06 12/05 12/04 12/96 06/06

100.7 98.1 115.2 111.2 112.8 114.3 102.8 123.7 117.4 163.2 141.9 106.5 106.3 124.2 101.4 109.1 111.3 111.9 110.9 104.8 99.1 141.6 106.3

99.5 90.6 108.4 112.2 110.1 113.4 101.6 133.0 117.7 166.0 142.3 107.2 105.3 123.2 102.6 109.5 116.4 111.5 109.5 108.3 99.2 142.3 106.0

100.2 93.1 110.9 112.5 109.1 111.9 101.9 134.9 117.6 166.1 142.9 107.8 105.4 124.1 99.7 109.6 116.3 111.7 111.4 105.9 99.2 142.0 105.9

-1.1 -10.5 -7.3 2.6 -0.4 -0.3 -7.5 12.1 -1.3 3.1 1.7 2.4 -0.3 1.0 0.9 0.6 3.7 2.1 2.9 -0.5 -1.5 -2.5 1.0

0.7 2.8 2.3 0.3 -0.9 -1.3 0.3 1.4 -0.1 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.7 -2.8 0.1 -0.1 0.2 1.7 -2.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.1

1 Indexes in this table are derived from the net-output-weighted industry price indexes. Because of differences in coverage and aggregation methodology, they will generally not match the movements of similarly titled indexes which are derived from traditional commodity groupings. 2 The indexes for December 2008 have been recalculated to incorporate late reports and corrections by respondents. All indexes are subject to revision 4 months after original publication. ″-″ Data not available. NOTE: NAICS replaced the SIC system beginning with the release of PPI data for January 2004. See http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ppinaics.htm for details.

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Table 5. Producer price indexes by stage of processing, seasonally adjusted [1982=100] Index1 Grouping

Nov. 2008

Dec. 2008

Jan. 2009

Feb. 2009

Mar. 2009

Apr. 2009

Finished goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finished consumer goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finished consumer foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finished consumer goods, excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods less foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Capital equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

172.8 179.4 180.4 177.4 180.5 178.4 192.8 143.0 156.3 159.6 155.1

169.7 174.9 178.2 158.1 180.0 173.0 184.3 143.6 156.9 159.7 155.7

171.1 176.8 178.3 170.1 178.7 175.5 188.1 143.7 157.2 160.2 156.0

171.3 177.0 175.5 156.1 177.2 176.7 189.6 144.0 157.3 159.9 156.3

169.3 174.4 174.3 156.1 175.9 173.6 185.0 144.0 157.0 159.7 155.9

169.8 175.1 176.9 172.5 176.9 173.8 185.0 144.4 156.9 159.6 155.8

Intermediate materials, supplies, and components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Materials and components for manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Materials for food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Materials for nondurable manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Materials for durable manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Components for manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Materials and components for construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed fuels and lubricants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

179.9 171.4 176.2 201.0 190.3 142.3 210.3 170.9 169.3 172.4 198.7 175.4 173.3 174.5 171.6 175.9

172.6 164.0 171.9 185.3 179.0 141.9 208.1 154.8 157.9 154.3 198.0 173.6 172.7 172.4 161.0 174.8

172.5 163.1 167.7 188.5 171.9 141.7 206.3 157.8 160.1 157.6 197.8 173.3 170.7 172.3 165.9 174.2

170.9 161.3 164.2 186.9 167.5 141.5 205.1 154.8 159.6 153.6 199.4 172.6 169.1 171.7 167.0 173.6

168.4 160.3 163.5 185.0 166.3 141.2 204.4 146.0 153.0 144.0 198.7 172.0 168.4 171.2 165.9 173.0

167.5 158.4 164.0 181.5 162.8 140.5 202.5 147.0 153.0 145.4 197.0 171.8 168.0 171.0 166.3 172.8

Crude materials for further processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foodstuffs and feedstuffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfood materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfood materials except fuel2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crude fuel3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

184.5 146.2 203.9 193.0 178.5 196.2 206.7 199.6 211.0

174.2 138.0 192.5 164.8 152.0 196.2 225.3 216.8 230.0

168.2 139.8 179.6 156.5 144.0 194.0 205.8 202.2 210.0

160.6 134.3 170.6 159.3 146.7 195.8 178.5 188.6 181.7

160.1 131.8 172.1 174.7 161.7 196.0 158.3 176.8 160.8

164.9 137.8 175.2 181.1 167.9 198.8 156.5 177.9 158.8

Finished goods, excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intermediate materials less foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intermediate foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crude materials less agricultural products2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

170.4 180.2 175.3 209.4

167.1 172.9 168.7 198.3

168.8 173.0 167.3 183.9

169.6 171.4 164.9 173.7

167.4 168.8 164.0 174.9

167.5 167.7 164.5 177.9

Finished energy goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finished goods less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finished consumer goods less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

147.7 172.5 179.7

134.2 172.2 179.0

139.3 172.5 179.4

141.1 172.2 178.8

133.4 172.0 178.6

133.3 172.6 179.7

Finished goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finished consumer goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consumer nondurable goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

170.1 179.6 211.1

170.6 179.9 211.2

171.0 180.4 212.1

171.4 181.1 213.1

171.4 181.3 213.7

171.5 181.7 213.9

Intermediate energy goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intermediate materials less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intermediate materials less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

169.4 180.0 180.4

151.3 175.6 176.1

156.5 174.1 174.7

153.3 172.9 173.7

143.6 172.4 173.1

144.6 171.0 171.6

Crude energy materials2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crude materials less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crude nonfood materials less energy3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

195.5 169.7 226.2

182.0 162.3 222.8

164.6 163.7 222.3

150.6 159.9 225.6

153.0 156.9 221.9

157.4 161.7 220.6

Special groupings

1 All seasonally adjusted indexes are subject to change up to 5 years after original publication due to the recalculation of seasonal factors each January. The indexes for December 2008 have been recalculated to incorporate late reports and corrections by respondents. 2 Includes crude petroleum. 3 Excludes crude petroleum.

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