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Producer Price Index

Information on the producer price index measure of inflation.

Producer Price Indexes - February 2005

The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods rose 0.4 percent in February, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed a 0.3-percent gain in January and a 0.3-percent decline in December.

Producer Price Indexes - January 2005

The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 0.3 percent in January, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This increase followed a 0.3-percent decline in December and a 0.7-percent rise in November.

Producer Price Indexes: December 2004

The producer price index for Finished Goods fell 0.7 percent in December 2004, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decline followed a 0.5-percent increase in November and a 1.7-percent advance in October.

Producer Price Indexes – September 2004

The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.1 percent in September 2004, seasonally adjusted. A look at PPI and demand-pull inflation.

Producer Price Indexes - October 2004

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today that the seasonally adjusted Producer Price Index for Finished Goods advanced 1.7 percent in October 2004.

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