Producer Price Indexes

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The Producer Price Index (PPI) program measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output. The prices included in the PPI are from the first commercial transaction for many products and some services.

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   NEW Report on Quality Adjustment for 2018 Model Vehicles
 Relative Importance Weights to be Available February 13, 2018
 NOTICE Effects of Recent Hurricanes on BLS Data
NOTICE PPI Weights to be Updated for 2012 Census Shipment Values
NEW PPI Variance Estimates for 2016 Data
NEW Beyond the Numbers: Nailing down the price of new nonresidential building construction: expanding the PPI to include indexes by region and type of contractor
NOTICE  Duplicate Codes for PPI Stage of Processing (SOP) Indexes Discontinued
Information on the 2014 transition to the PPI Final Demand-Intermediate Demand (FD-ID) Aggregation System

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PPI for final demand rises 0.4% in October; services increase 0.5%, goods advance 0.3%

11/14/2017

The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.4 percent in October, as prices for final demand services rose 0.5 percent and the index for final demand goods advanced 0.3 percent. The final demand index increased 2.8 percent for the 12 months ended in October.
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Report on Quality Changes for 2018 Model Vehicles

November 14, 2017

The value of quality changes for a sample of 2018 model year domestically produced passenger cars and light motor trucks included in the Producer Price Index for October averaged $134.87 for passenger cars and $239.96 for light motor trucks More...
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PPI Relative Importance Tables:

Tables of PPI Components and Weights

Final demand

Final demand by individual commodities (XLSX)
Final demand by component series (XLSX)

Intermediate demand by commodity type

Individual commodities of intermediate demand by commodity type (XLSX)
Component series of intermediate demand by commodity type (XLSX)

Intermediate demand by production flow

Individual commodities of intermediate demand by production flow (XLSX)
Component series of intermediate demand by production flow (XLSX)

Commodities, all levels (XLSX)
Wherever-provided services and construction (XLSX)

PPI Seasonal Factor Tables:

Archived PPI relative importance tables and seasonal factors

PPI Detailed Report Tables:

Tables of Detailed PPIs and Special Indexes

Table 9. PPIs for commodity and service groupings and individual items (PDF)
Table 11. PPIs for the net output of industries and their products (PDF)
PPI Detailed Report (PDF 1.5 MB)
Archived PPI Detailed Report Information, June 2005-current

PPI Percent Change Tables:

Final Demand-Intermediate Demand indexes percent change table (PDF)
Commodity indexes percent change table (PDF)

PPI Publications

PPI Detailed Reports
BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 14, Producer Price Indexes (PDF)
Variance and Standard Error Estimates for PPI Data
Monthly Labor Review Articles on PPI
Price Adjustment Guide for Contracting Parties
Topical Articles on PPI

How the BLS Measures Price Changes in PPIs for...

Electric Power Generation and Electric Bulk Power Transmission and Control (NAICS 221110 and 221121)
Nonresidential Building Construction Sector
- New Industrial Building Construction (NAICS 236211)
- New Warehouse Building Construction (NAICS 236221)
- New School Construction (NAICS 236222)
- New Office Building Construction (NAICS 236223)
- New Health Care Building Construction (NAICS 236224)
- Construction Trade Contractors (NAICS 23811X, 23816X, 23821X, and 23822X)
Petroleum Refining (NAICS 324110)
Pharmaceutical Preparations (NAICS 325412)
Wholesale Trade Sector (NAICS 423, 424, and 425120)
More Retail Trade Industries (NAICS 441210, 441222, 447110, 447190)
Additional Retail Trade Industries
Retail Trade Sector: Complete Coverage
Television Broadcast Industry (NAICS 515120)
Wired Telecommunications Carriers (NAICS 517110)
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (NAICS 51721)
Data Processing and Related Services Industry (NAICS 518210)
Internet Publishing and Web Search Portals (NAICS 519130)
Commercial Banking and Savings Institutions (NAICS 522110 and 522120)
Security and Commodity Contracts Intermediaries and Brokerages (NAICS 5231)
Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (NAICS 523920 and 523930)
Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers (NAICS 524114)
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages (NAICS 524210)
Construction, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (NAICS 532412)
Management Consulting Services (NAICS 541610)
Security Guards and Patrol Services (NAICS 561612)
Computer Training (NAICS 611420)
Offices of Dentists (NAICS 621210)
Blood and Organ Banks (NAICS 621991)
Amusement and Theme Parks (NAICS 713110)
Golf Courses and Country Clubs (NAICS 713910)
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (NAICS 713940)
Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance (NAICS 811310)

PPI Special Notices

PPI Weights to be Updated for 2012 Census Shipment Values (August 2017)
PPI Introduces Hedonic Quality Adjustment for Internet Access Indexes (January 2017)
PPI Introduces Regional Indexes for New Nonresidential Building Construction (December 2016)
Addition of Regional Detail for Natural Gas Distribution PPIs (November 2016)
Restoration of Discontinued PPIs Under Commodity Code 114112 (April 2016)
Stage of Processing (SOP) Duplicate Codes to be Discontinued (August 2015)
Changes to PPI Sample Update Frequency (March 2015)
Updated Inputs to Industry Producer Price Indexes (February 2015)
PPI Industry Net Output Ratios Updated (January 2015)
PPI Commodity Weight Allocations to Final Demand-Intermediate Demand (November 2014)
PPI Revises the Methodology for the Inputs to Industries Indexes (November 2014)
Expansion of PPIs for Health Care Services by Payer Type (August 2014)
PPI to Transition from Stage-of-Processing to Final Demand-Intermediate Demand Aggregation System (August 2013)

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Latest Numbers

FINAL DEMAND:

SA
+0.4%(p) in Oct 2017

NSA
+0.5%(p) in Oct 2017

NSA
+2.8%(p) since Oct 2016

FINAL DEMAND GOODS:

Total
+0.3%(p) in Oct 2017

Foods
+0.5%(p) in Oct 2017

Energy
unchanged in Oct 2017

Core goods
+0.3%(p) in Oct 2017

FINAL DEMAND SERVICES:

Total
+0.5%(p) in Oct 2017

Transportation and warehousing
+0.8%(p) in Oct 2017

Trade
+1.1%(p) in Oct 2017

Other
+0.1%(p) in Oct 2017

FINAL DEMAND CONSTRUCTION:

Construction
+0.5%(p) in Oct 2017

INTERMEDIATE DEMAND BY COMMODITY TYPE:

Processed goods
+1.0%(p) in Oct 2017

Unprocessed goods
unchanged in Oct 2017

Services
+0.3%(p) in Oct 2017

INTERMEDIATE DEMAND BY PRODUCTION FLOW:

Stage 4 intermediate demand
+0.5%(p) in Oct 2017

Stage 3 intermediate demand
+0.4%(p) in Oct 2017

Stage 2 intermediate demand
+1.0%(p) in Oct 2017

Stage 1 intermediate demand
+0.6%(p) in Oct 2017

GOODS:

Motor vehicles
-0.9%(p) in Oct 2017

Pharmaceutical preparations
+2.1%(p) in Oct 2017

Gasoline
-4.6%(p) in Oct 2017

Meats
-0.3%(p) in Oct 2017

Industrial chemicals
+5.3%(p) in Oct 2017

Steel mill products
+0.5%(p) in Oct 2017

Diesel fuel
+8.4%(p) in Oct 2017

Prepared animal feeds
+0.5%(p) in Oct 2017

Crude petroleum
+6.6%(p) in Oct 2017

Grains
-0.6%(p) in Oct 2017

Carbon steel scrap
-9.5%(p) in Oct 2017

SERVICES:

Outpatient healthcare
-0.2%(p) in Oct 2017

Inpatient healthcare services
+0.3%(p) in Oct 2017

Food and alcohol retailing
-1.7%(p) in Oct 2017

Apparel and jewelry retailing
+1.4%(p) in Oct 2017

Airline passenger services
+3.2%(p) in Oct 2017

Securities brokerage, dealing, investment, and related services
+1.2%(p) in Oct 2017

Business loans (partial)
-2.5%(p) in Oct 2017

Legal services
+0.7%(p) in Oct 2017

Truck transportation of freight
unchanged in Oct 2017

Machinery and equipment wholesaling
+1.2%(p) in Oct 2017

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