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http://www.bls.gov/ppi JANUARY 15, 2009 

Producer Price Indexes – December 2008 

 The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods fell 1.9 percent in December, seasonally adjusted, the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decrease followed a 2.2-

percent decline in November and a 2.8-percent drop in October. At the earlier stages of processing, prices 

received by producers of intermediate goods fell 4.2 percent in December after decreasing 4.3 percent in the 

prior month, and the crude goods index declined 5.3 percent following a 12.5-percent drop in November. (See 

table A.) 
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The slower rate of decrease in finished goods prices was led by the index for energy goods, which fell 

9.3 percent in December after declining 11.2 percent in November. Prices for finished goods other than foods 

and energy rose 0.2 percent in December compared with a 0.1-percent increase in the preceding month. By 

contrast, partially offsetting the slower rate of decline in the finished goods index, prices for consumer foods 

moved down 1.5 percent following no change in November. 

 Before seasonal adjustment, the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods decreased 1.9 percent in 

December to 168.8 (1982 = 100). In 2008, finished goods prices fell 0.9 percent compared with a 6.2-percent 

advance in 2007. The 2008 downturn is mostly attributable to energy prices, which dropped 20.3 percent after 

rising 17.8 percent a year earlier. Price increases for finished consumer foods slowed to 3.7 percent in 2008 

from 7.6 percent in 2007. Conversely, the index for finished goods other than foods and energy advanced 4.3 

percent in 2008 following a 2.0-percent gain in the preceding year. At the earlier stages of processing, prices 

received by manufacturers of intermediate goods fell 1.7 percent in 2008 after rising 7.1 percent in the prior 

year, and the crude goods index dropped 25.0 percent following a 19.8-percent jump in 2007. (See summary 

table.) 
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Finished goods

 The index for finished energy goods fell 9.3 percent in December after decreasing 11.2 percent in 

November. Prices for liquefied petroleum gas moved down 21.8 percent in December following a 33.4-percent 

drop a month earlier. The index for residential natural gas also declined less than it had in November, and 

prices for finished lubricants turned up in December. By contrast, partially counteracting the slower rate of 

decrease in the index for finished energy goods, prices for residential electric power increased 0.3 percent 

compared with a 1.4-percent advance in November. The indexes for kerosene, home heating oil, and diesel fuel 

fell more than in the prior month. Gasoline prices decreased 25.7 percent for the second consecutive month. 

(See table 2.) 

The index for finished goods other than foods and energy increased 0.2 percent in December after 

edging up 0.1 percent in November. In December, higher prices for passenger cars, pharmaceutical 

preparations, light motor trucks, and civilian aircraft outweighed lower prices for consumer plastic products; 

storage units, files, and tables; alcoholic beverages; and power and distribution transformers. 

 The index for finished consumer foods declined 1.5 percent in December after no change in November. 

Prices for fresh and dry vegetables dropped 14.9 percent compared with a 3.8-percent rise in the preceding 

month. The indexes for beef and veal, packaged fluid milk, and canned fruits and juices also turned down in 

December. Prices for citrus fruits increased less than in November, and the index for chewing gum was 

unchanged after rising in the previous month. By contrast, prices for natural cheese (except cottage) advanced 

3.4 percent in December following a 5.0-percent decline in the prior month. The index for noncarbonated soft 

drinks also turned up after decreasing a month earlier. Prices for pork and eggs for fresh use fell less than they 

had in November. 
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Intermediate goods

 Following a 4.3-percent drop in November, the Producer Price Index for Intermediate Materials, 

Supplies, and Components fell 4.2 percent in December. This decrease was broad based, with prices for energy 

goods, materials for both nondurable and durable manufacturing, materials and components for construction, 

and foods and feeds all declining in December. The index for intermediate goods excluding foods and energy 

posted a record decline for the third straight month in December — 3.0 percent. This index fell 2.3 percent in 

November and 1.7 percent in October. (See table B.) 

 The index for intermediate energy goods decreased 9.5 percent in December following a 12.3-percent 

drop in November. Price declines for utility natural gas slowed in December to 1.6 percent from 4.9 percent in 

the prior month. The indexes for residual fuel and liquefied petroleum gas also fell less than they had in 

November. Prices for industrial electric power and finished lubricants turned up in December. By contrast, 

partially offsetting the slower rate of decrease in the intermediate energy goods index, jet fuel prices declined 

16.8 percent after moving down 11.6 percent in November. The indexes for diesel fuel and kerosene also fell 

more in December than they had in the previous month. Prices for commercial electric power rose less than in 

November. (See table 2.) The index for intermediate energy goods decreased 19.8 percent in 2008 after 

increasing at the same rate in 2007. 

 The index for materials for nondurable manufacturing dropped 9.1 percent in December following an 

8.5-percent decline in November. In December, lower prices for basic organic chemicals, plastic resins and 

materials, phosphates, rubber and rubber products, inedible fats and oils, processed yarns and threads, and 

surface active agents outweighed higher prices for basic inorganic chemicals and knit gray fabrics. The index 

for materials for nondurable manufacturing decreased 3.6 percent in 2008 after climbing 12.8 percent in 2007. 

 The index for materials for durable manufacturing fell 7.2 percent in December following a 6.2-percent 

decline in November. Prices for cold rolled steel sheet and strip dropped 16.6 percent in December after 

moving down 5.4 percent a month earlier. The indexes for hot rolled steel sheet and strip, plastic resins and 

materials, basic organic chemicals, semifinished steel mill products, and cold finished steel bars also decreased 

more than they had in November. Conversely, price declines for nonferrous wire and cable slowed to 2.9 

percent in December from 10.8 percent in the preceding month. The indexes for primary nonferrous metals; hot 

rolled steel bars, plates, and structural shapes; and copper and brass mill shapes also fell less than they had in 

November. Prices for materials for durable manufacturing decreased 5.5 percent in 2008 following a 1.7-

percent advance in 2007. 

 The index for materials and components for construction declined 1.2 percent in December after 

decreasing 1.1 percent in November. In December, lower prices for steel mill products, paving mixtures and 

blocks, plastic construction products, nonferrous wire and cable, fabricated structural metal, prefabricated wood 

buildings and components, and sheet metal products outweighed higher prices for architectural coatings and 

millwork. The index for materials and components for construction rose 7.3 percent in 2008 following a 2.0-

percent increase in 2007. 

 Prices for intermediate foods and feeds fell 3.4 percent in December after declining 2.4 percent in 

November. The index for corn, cottonseed, and soybean cake and meal decreased 1.8 percent following a 9.1-

percent advance in November. Prices for beef and veal and for packaged fluid milk and related products also 

turned down in December. The indexes for processed eggs, bulk fluid milk and cream, shortening and cooking 

oils, and flour fell more in December than they had in the prior month. Conversely, price declines for formula 

feeds slowed to 4.7 percent in December from 9.3 percent in November. The index for pork also decreased less 

than it had in the previous month, while prices for natural cheese (except cottage cheese) turned up in 

December. Prices for intermediate foods and feeds increased 3.4 percent in 2008 after climbing 17.2 percent in 

2007. 
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Crude goods

 The Producer Price Index for Crude Materials for Further Processing fell 5.3 percent in December after 

declining 12.5 percent in November. Prices for crude energy materials and crude nonfood materials less energy 

decreased less than they had in November. Conversely, partially offsetting the slower rate of decline in crude 

materials prices, the index for crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs fell at a faster rate compared with the prior month. 

(See table B.) 

The index for crude energy materials decreased 6.0 percent in December after dropping 18.7 percent a 

month earlier. Coal prices edged down 0.3 percent subsequent to a 0.5-percent decline in November. Prices for 

natural gas advanced 14.7 percent in December following a 10.9-percent decrease in the previous month. By 

contrast, the crude petroleum index moved down 31.0 percent after falling 30.2 percent in the prior month. (See 

table 2.) In 2008, prices for crude energy materials declined 33.5 percent following a 16.2-percent advance in 

2007. 

The crude nonfood materials less energy index declined 2.2 percent in December subsequent to a 20.4-

percent drop a month earlier. Nonferrous scrap prices moved down 9.2 percent following a 25.4-percent 

decrease in November. The indexes for iron and steel scrap, wastepaper, gold ores, and plant and animal fibers 

turned up after declining in the prior month. By contrast, the phosphates index moved down 21.6 percent in 

December following a 7.6-percent decrease a month earlier. Prices for hides and skins also fell at faster rates 

compared with the previous month, and the index for soybeans turned down in December. The crude nonfood 

materials less energy index declined 24.3 percent in 2008 compared with a 15.6-percent gain in 2007. 

 Prices for crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs decreased 5.3 percent in December after moving down 1.2 

percent in the preceding month. Leading this faster rate of decline, the slaughter cattle index fell 8.9 percent 

following a 2.4-percent increase in November. Prices for fresh vegetables (except potatoes) and soybeans also 

turned down in December. The indexes for fluid milk, corn, and wheat declined more than they had a month 

earlier. By contrast, prices for slaughter hogs advanced 4.6 percent after moving down 15.8 percent in 

November. The index for slaughter chickens rose more than it had a month earlier. Prices for Irish potatoes for 

processing increased following no change in the prior month, and the index for slaughter turkeys fell less than it 

had in November. In 2008, crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs prices moved down 14.3 percent following a 24.9-

percent jump in 2007. 

 

Net output price indexes

Mining, Utilities, and Manufacturing Industries. The decline in the Producer Price Index for the Net Output 

of Total Mining, Utilities, and Manufacturing Industries slowed to 2.8 percent from 4.0 percent in November. 

(Net output price indexes are not seasonally adjusted.) The index for the electric power generation, 

transmission, and distribution industry group fell 0.2 percent in December after moving down 2.8 percent a 

month earlier. Prices received by petroleum refineries and farm-feed manufacturers also decreased less than in 

November. The industry indexes for automobile, light truck, and utility vehicle manufacturing and for natural 

gas liquid extraction turned up after falling in the prior month. Prices received by pharmaceutical preparation 

manufacturers moved up more than in November. Conversely, partially offsetting the slower rate of decline in 

the total mining, utilities, and manufacturing industries index, prices received by phosphatic fertilizer 

manufacturers dropped 23.1 percent in December following a 6.5-percent decrease in the preceding month. The 

index for the fluid milk manufacturing industry turned down after rising in November. In December, the index 

for total mining, utilities, and manufacturing industries was 105.1 (December 2006 = 100). In 2008, the total 

mining, utilities, and manufacturing industries index fell 1.0 percent after rising 6.2 percent in 2007. 
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Trade Industries. The Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total Trade Industries turned up 0.5 percent 

in December after decreasing 3.2 percent a month earlier. (Trade indexes measure changes in margins received 

by wholesalers and retailers.) The margin index for gasoline stations with convenience stores increased 8.9 

percent following a 53.4-percent drop in November. Margins received by merchant wholesalers of durable 

goods, non-discount department stores, fuel dealers, and family clothing stores also turned up after falling in the 

preceding month. The margin index for merchant wholesalers of nondurable goods increased more than in 

November. By contrast, the margin index for supermarkets turned down 2.1 percent in December after rising 

4.8 percent in the prior month. Margins received by electronic shopping and mail-order houses also fell 

following advances in November. In December, the index for total trade industries was 111.1 (December 2006 

= 100). In 2008, the total trade industries index rose 6.9 percent after increasing 3.9 percent in 2007. 

Transportation and Warehousing Industries. The Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total 

Transportation and Warehousing Industries fell 2.8 percent in December after decreasing 1.7 percent in the 

previous month. The industry index for couriers dropped 5.5 percent following no change in November. Prices 

received by scheduled air transporters, line-haul railroads, and local specialized freight truckers of new goods 

fell more than in the preceding month. The industry index for Coastal and Great Lakes freight transportation 

turned down after advancing in November. By contrast, the decline in the industry index for long distance 

specialized freight trucking of new goods slowed to 0.7 percent in December from 2.8 percent in the prior 

month. Prices received by long distance general freight truckers (less than truckload) also fell less than in 

November, and the industry index for deep sea freight transportation was unchanged after decreasing in the 

prior month. In December, the index for total transportation and warehousing industries was 109.5 (December 

2006 = 100). In 2008, the total transportation and warehousing industries index increased 2.7 percent following 

a 6.6-percent rise in 2007. 

Total Traditional Service Industries. The Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total Traditional 

Service Industries turned down 0.8 percent in December after rising 0.1 percent in the prior month. The index 

for the commercial banking industry decreased 6.5 percent following a 2.8-percent advance in November. 

Prices received by securities brokers, software publishers, television broadcasters, and casino hotels also turned 

down after rising in the preceding month. Conversely, the industry index for lessors of nonresidential buildings 

turned up 0.7 percent in December after decreasing 2.0 percent a month earlier. Prices received by cellular and 

other wireless carriers and by general medical and surgical hospitals also increased after November declines. In 

December, the index for total traditional services industries was 101.9 (December 2006 = 100). In 2008, the 

total traditional services industries index inched up 0.1 percent after increasing 1.8 percent in 2007. 

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Producer Price Index data for January 2009 are scheduled to be released on Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 8:30 

a.m. (EST). 
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PPI Commodity Weight Allocations to Stage-of-Processing Indexes to be Updated 

 Effective with the release of January 2009 data on February 19, 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

will update the weight allocations used to calculate its stage-of-processing (SOP) indexes to more accurately 

reflect recent sales patterns. While PPI weights will continue to be based on shipment values from the 2002 

economic census, the proportion of these weights allocated to the various SOP categories within and, in some 

cases, across the Finished, Intermediate, and Crude goods stages will change. The new allocations will be 

based primarily on data contained in the 2002 Input/Output Accounts published by the Bureau of Economic 

Analysis. 

 It is important to note that the allocation update will not change the PPI classification system, 

reference base, or aggregation structure. It may, however, result in significant shifts in the relative importance 

of component series in the stage-of-processing indexes. 

 Relative importance figures as of December 2008, will be available on February 17, 2009 on the BLS 

Web site at: www.bls.gov/ppi. Choose the "PPI Tables" link, under the “On This Page” heading. The revised 

SOP relative importance figures will be available through the links: “Component series by stage of processing” 

and “Commodity groupings by major stage of processing category.” The information may also be requested 

from the Division of Industrial Prices and Price Indexes, Section of Index Analysis and Public Information, at 

202-691-7705. For further information on this change, please contact Jon Weinhagen at (202) 691-7709. 

Recalculated Seasonal Adjustment Factors and Relative Importance Figures to be 

Available on February 17, 2009 

Each year with the release of PPI data for January, seasonal adjustment factors are recalculated to reflect 

price movements from the just-completed calendar year. This routine annual calculation may result in revisions 

to seasonally adjusted indexes for the previous 5 years. The following information will be available on 

February 17, 2009 (2 workdays prior to the release of PPI data for January 2009 on February 19): 

• Direct seasonal factors for commodity indexes for the year 2009, 

• Recalculated seasonal factors for the last 5 years (2004-2008) for the commodity indexes, 

• Recalculated seasonal factors for the last 5 years (2004-2008) for the stage-of-processing indexes. 

In addition to recalculated seasonal factors, December 2008 relative importance figures also will be 

available on February 17, 2009. 

To obtain this information, visit the PPI website at http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ or call the Division of 

Industrial Prices and Price Indexes, Section of Index Analysis and Public Information at (202) 691-7705.
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Technical Note 

Brief Explanation of Producer Price 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. 

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. 

Commodity Indexes 

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. 

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. 
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 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. 

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 PPI Detailed 

Report Issue 

SIC 

Wireless telecommunications ............. 4812 July 1999 

Telephone communications, except 

radio telephone ............................... 4813 July 1995 

Television broadcasting .................... 4833 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 

New car dealers .............................. 5511 July 2000 

Gasoline service stations .................. 5541 January 2002 

Boat dealers ................................... 5551 January 2002 

Recreational vehicle dealers .............. 5561 January 2002 

Miscellaneous retail ......................... 59 January 2001 

Security brokers, dealers, and 

investment bankers .......................... 6211 January 2001 

Investment advice ........................... 6282 January 2003 

Life insurance carriers ...................... 6311 January 1999 

Property and casualty insurance ......... 6331 July 1998 

Insurance agencies and brokerages .... 6412 January 2003 

Operators and lessors of nonresidential 

buildings ........................................ 6512 January 1996 

Real estate agents and managers ....... 6531 January 1996 

Prepackaged software ...................... 7372 January 1998 

Data processing services .................. 7374 January 2002 

Home health care services ................ 8082 January 1997 

Legal services ................................. 8111 January 1997 

Engineering design, analysis, and 

consulting services .......................... 8711 January 1997 

Architectural design, analysis, and 

consulting services ........................... 8712 January 1997 

Title Code PPI Detailed 

Report Issue 

SIC 

Premiums for property and casualty 

insurance ....................................... 9331 July 1998 

NAICS 

 

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 

Concrete contractors, nonresidential 

building work .................................. 23811X July 2008 

Roofing contractors, nonresidential 

building work .................................. 23816X July 2008 

Electrical contractors, nonresidential 

building work .................................. 23821X July 2008 

Plumbing / HVAC contractors, 

nonresidential building work ............... 23822X July 2008 

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods .. 423 July 2005 

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable 

goods ............................................ 424 July 2005 

Wholesale trade agents and brokers ... 425120 July 2005 

Furniture and home furnishings stores . 442 January 2004 

Electronics and appliance stores ......... 443 January 2004 

Building material and garden equipment 

and supplies dealers ......................... 444 January 2004

Clothing and clothing accessories 

stores ............................................ 448 January 2004 

Sporting goods, hobby, book, and 

music stores .................................... 451 January 2004 

General merchandise stores .............. 452 January 2004 

Miscellaneous store retailers .............. 453 January 2004 

Internet service providers ................... 518111 July 2005 

Web search portals ........................... 518112 July 2005 

Commercial banking ......................... 522110 January 2005 

Savings institutions ........................... 522120 January 2005 

Direct health and medical insurance 

carriers .......................................... 524114 July 2004 

Construction, mining, and forestry 

machinery and equipment rental and 

leasing ........................................... 532412 January 2005 

Management consulting services ......... 541610 January 2007 

Security guards and patrol services ...... 561612 July 2005 

Computer training ........................... 611420 July 2007 

Blood and organ banks ..................... 621991 January 2007 

Amusement and theme parks ............. 713110 July 2006 

Golf courses and country clubs ........... 713910 July 2006 

Fitness and recreational sports centers . 713940 July 2005 

Commercial machinery repair and 

maintenance.................................... 811310 July 2007 

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 
10 

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. 

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. 

Index point change

 Finished Goods Price Index 107.5 

 Less previous index 104.0 

 Equals index point change 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. 
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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. 

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. 

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: 

• 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. 

• 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 

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. 

• 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. 

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 Provides data for:

wps141101 Passenger cars, seasonally 

adjusted 

wpu141101 Passenger cars, not 

seasonally adjusted 

wpusop3000 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 Provides data for:

wds019 Other farm products, 

seasonally adjusted 

wdu0635 Preparations, ethical 

(prescription), not 

seasonally adjusted 

wdusi138011 Stainless steel mill 

products, not seasonally 

adjusted 
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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 Provides data for:

pcu325---325--- Chemical manufacturing, 

not seasonally adjusted 

pcu336110336110 Automobile and light duty 

motor vehicle 

manufacturing 

pcu621111621111411 Offices of physicians, oneand two-physician 

practices and singlespecialty group practices, 

general/family practice 

pcu325412325412A Pharmaceutical 

preparation 

manufacturing, 

pharmaceuticals acting on 

the respiratory system 

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 Provides data for:

pdu28_ _# Chemicals and allied 

products, not seasonally 

adjusted 

pdu331_# Blast furnaces, steel 

works, and rolling and 

finishing mills, not 

seasonally adjusted 

pdu3711#111 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. 

Industry-product code, 

discontinued NAICS series Provides data for

ndu212231212231 Lead ore and zinc 

ore mining 

ndu2122312122312 Lead and zinc 

concentrates 

ndu212231212231214 Lead 

concentrates 

• 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

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. 

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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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 

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 ppi-info@bls.gov. 
Table 1. Producer price indexes and percent changes by stage of processing

[1982=100]

Grouping

Relative

importance

Dec. 20071

Unadjusted index

Unadjusted percent

change to Dec. 2008

from:

Seasonally adjusted percent change

from:

Aug.

20082

Nov.

20082

Dec.

20082

Dec.

2007

Nov.

2008

Sept. to

Oct. Oct. to Nov. Nov. toDec.

Finished goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.000 182.2 172.1 168.8 -0.9 -1.9 -2.8 -2.2 -1.9

Finished consumer goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.284 193.2 178.4 173.8 -2.5 -2.6 -3.7 -2.9 -2.6

Finished consumer foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.296 181.3 180.8 178.5 3.7 -1.3 -0.2 0.0 -1.5

Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.258 159.8 175.3 161.7 -18.6 -7.8 2.5 -0.7 -10.7

Processed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.038 183.5 181.4 180.2 6.3 -0.7 -0.4 0.1 -0.6

Finished consumer goods, excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.988 197.5 176.9 171.4 -4.8 -3.1 -5.0 -4.1 -3.0

Nondurable goods less foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.845 223.9 190.6 182.3 -7.9 -4.4 -6.8 -5.7 -4.4

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.143 140.2 143.7 143.9 3.2 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.5

Capital equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.716 153.9 156.7 156.7 4.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.2

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.508 158.3 159.9 159.7 4.0 -0.1 0.2 -0.1 -0.1

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.208 152.3 155.5 155.5 3.9 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.2

Intermediate materials, supplies, and components. . . . . . . . . . 100.000 199.4 180.7 172.7 -1.7 -4.4 -3.9 -4.3 -4.2

Materials and components for manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.867 188.7 173.5 164.6 -1.0 -5.1 -2.8 -4.6 -5.1

Materials for food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.911 187.5 177.5 171.9 1.2 -3.2 -2.8 -0.6 -3.1

Materials for nondurable manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.185 238.6 206.9 188.1 -3.6 -9.1 -4.6 -8.5 -9.1

Materials for durable manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.624 218.9 191.7 177.7 -5.5 -7.3 -4.1 -6.2 -7.2

Components for manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.147 141.9 142.4 142.0 3.8 -0.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.3

Materials and components for construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.389 212.9 210.3 207.6 7.3 -1.3 -0.7 -1.1 -1.2

Processed fuels and lubricants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.403 225.2 170.3 154.1 -17.3 -9.5 -10.9 -9.9 -8.2

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.999 219.4 170.0 157.4 -13.1 -7.4 -8.7 -10.0 -6.1

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.404 228.3 170.9 153.3 -18.8 -10.3 -11.8 -9.8 -9.0

Containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.923 195.0 199.3 198.1 8.0 -0.6 0.6 0.0 -0.6

Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.418 178.9 176.0 174.0 5.7 -1.1 -1.1 -1.1 -1.2

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.911 172.9 173.7 173.0 4.8 -0.4 -0.2 -0.1 -0.4

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.507 179.0 175.1 172.8 5.9 -1.3 -1.3 -1.3 -1.4

Feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.081 205.3 172.5 165.5 7.8 -4.1 -10.1 -5.8 -4.1

Other supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.426 177.2 176.6 174.7 5.7 -1.1 -0.2 -0.8 -1.1

Crude materials for further processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.000 274.6 181.8 171.7 -25.0 -5.6 -18.6 -12.5 -5.3

Foodstuffs and feedstuffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.756 170.6 144.6 135.9 -14.3 -6.0 -11.1 -1.2 -5.3

Nonfood materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.244 350.0 200.0 189.5 -31.2 -5.3 -22.5 -19.4 -5.2

Nonfood materials except fuel3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.982 357.2 192.6 163.5 -41.0 -15.1 -21.3 -24.8 -15.1

Manufacturing3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.533 333.1 178.3 151.0 -41.4 -15.3 -21.5 -25.1 -15.3

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.449 200.3 195.5 192.7 -2.2 -1.4 0.7 -2.2 -1.3

Crude fuel4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.262 309.5 196.8 219.4 -12.5 11.5 -24.7 -8.9 11.6

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.338 294.3 190.3 211.1 -11.2 10.9 -23.9 -8.5 11.0

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.924 316.5 201.0 224.1 -12.6 11.5 -24.8 -8.9 11.6

Special groupings

Finished goods, excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.7045

182.2 169.4 165.8 -2.2 -2.1 -3.4 -2.9 -2.1

Intermediate materials less foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.0086199.7 181.0 172.8 -2.0 -4.5 -3.7 -4.5 -4.2

Intermediate foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9926194.3 176.3 170.2 3.4 -3.5 -5.5 -2.4 -3.4

Crude materials less agricultural products3 , 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.5458

360.0 205.2 194.9 -31.1 -5.0 -22.8 -19.3 -5.0

Finished energy goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.6545198.6 144.1 130.6 -20.3 -9.4 -12.8 -11.2 -9.3

Finished goods less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.3465170.8 172.8 172.3 4.1 -0.3 0.2 0.1 -0.2

Finished consumer goods less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.6305178.3 180.0 179.2 4.2 -0.4 0.1 0.1 -0.4

Finished goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.0505167.4 170.4 170.5 4.3 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2

Finished consumer goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . 35.3345176.6 179.7 180.0 4.5 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3

Consumer nondurable goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . 21.1915

208.5 211.0 211.2 5.6 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1

Intermediate energy goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.3066231.3 168.8 150.6 -19.8 -10.8 -10.6 -12.3 -9.5

Intermediate materials less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.6946

188.9 181.4 176.0 3.3 -3.0 -2.0 -2.3 -3.0

Intermediate materials less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.7026188.7 181.8 176.4 3.2 -3.0 -1.7 -2.3 -3.0

Crude energy materials3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.8738339.1 189.9 178.4 -33.5 -6.1 -24.9 -18.7 -6.0

Crude materials less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.0328

222.3 168.1 159.9 -17.6 -4.9 -13.3 -7.8 -4.4

Crude nonfood materials less energy4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.3718374.2 225.7 220.7 -24.3 -2.2 -17.0 -20.4 -2.2

1 Comprehensive relative importance figures are initially computed after the publication of December indexes and are recalculated after final December indexes are available.

2 The indexes for August 2008 have been recalculated to incorporate late reports and corrections by respondents. All indexes are subject 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 index

Unadjusted percent

change to Dec. 2008

from:

Seasonally adjusted percent change

from:

Aug.

20081

Nov.

20081

Dec.

20081 Dec. 2007 Nov. 2008 Sept. to

Oct.

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Finished goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.2 172.1 168.8 -0.9 -1.9 -2.8 -2.2 -1.9

Finished consumer goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.2 178.4 173.8 -2.5 -2.6 -3.7 -2.9 -2.6

Finished consumer foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.3 180.8 178.5 3.7 -1.3 -0.2 0.0 -1.5

Fresh fruits and melons2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-11 112.2 107.4 113.6 -20.3 5.8 -7.6 2.1 5.8

Fresh and dry vegetables2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-13 147.9 189.4 161.2 -15.9 -14.9 -1.0 3.8 -14.9

Eggs for fresh use (Dec 1991=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-71-07 134.2 149.4 143.4 -25.8 -4.0 2.1 -18.2 -7.9

Bakery products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-11 240.5 244.1 245.1 10.3 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.4

Milled rice2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-13 292.8 258.0 251.0 50.1 -2.7 -2.3 -5.3 -2.7

Pasta products (June 1985=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-14-02 189.7 188.8 188.8 28.2 0.0 1.4 -0.4 0.0

Beef and veal2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-21-01 167.4 161.2 156.7 12.1 -2.8 -8.8 6.3 -2.8

Pork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-21-04 150.7 127.5 125.8 2.3 -1.3 -3.1 -5.3 -1.1

Processed young chickens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-22-03 147.7 140.9 137.8 3.4 -2.2 5.9 -0.9 -1.9

Processed turkeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-22-06 123.6 125.1 121.0 5.8 -3.3 -2.5 -0.4 -0.8

Finfish and shellfish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-23 258.0 248.4 250.4 2.0 0.8 -3.7 -1.3 0.4

Dairy products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-3 186.8 178.3 174.3 -7.7 -2.2 -0.9 -1.8 -2.2

Processed fruits and vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-4 167.1 173.6 174.5 9.2 0.5 -0.5 0.9 0.2

Confectionery end products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-55 219.5 229.7 231.1 10.7 0.6 3.2 1.5 0.6

Soft drinks2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-62 175.3 176.6 176.8 4.9 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.1

Roasted coffee2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-63-01 180.7 181.5 180.8 7.3 -0.4 -1.3 -0.1 -0.4

Shortening and cooking oils2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-78 321.1 265.1 250.3 3.3 -5.6 -10.0 -1.3 -5.6

Finished consumer goods excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197.5 176.9 171.4 -4.8 -3.1 -5.0 -4.1 -3.0

Alcoholic beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-61 166.1 168.5 167.8 3.7 -0.4 0.8 -0.2 -0.4

Pet food2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-94-02 223.6 220.8 220.8 18.2 0.0 -0.4 -0.7 0.0

Women’s, girls’, & infants’ apparel (Dec 2003=100)2. . . . . . . 03-81-06 100.8 101.1 101.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1

Men’s and boys’ apparel (Dec 2003=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-81-07 99.8 100.3 100.3 1.5 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0

Textile housefurnishings2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-82 127.0 128.4 128.3 1.8 -0.1 0.1 0.9 -0.1

Footwear2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-3 157.9 158.4 159.7 3.4 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.8

Residential electric power (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-41 151.5 147.1 147.5 6.3 0.3 -0.5 1.4 0.3

Residential gas (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-51 274.3 241.9 236.8 6.1 -2.1 -5.9 -4.6 -3.2

Gasoline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-71 310.1 154.9 114.5 -51.4 -26.1 -24.9 -25.7 -25.7

Home heating oil and distillates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-73-02-01 345.4 213.9 154.6 -40.5 -27.7 -9.6 -23.3 -24.1

Pharmaceutical preparations (June 2001=100)2

. . . . . . . . . . . 06-38 138.4 140.1 141.6 7.7 1.1 -0.3 0.6 1.1

Soaps and synthetic detergents2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-71 153.5 165.1 166.3 13.4 0.7 1.7 4.0 0.7

Cosmetics and other toilet preparations2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-75 147.8 148.6 148.8 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.1

Tires, tubes, tread, etc2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-12 129.2 135.0 134.1 10.9 -0.7 4.1 0.1 -0.7

Sanitary paper products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-15-01 173.4 175.9 176.1 7.8 0.1 -0.5 0.4 0.1

Newspaper circulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-31-01 251.0 253.0 254.1 2.7 0.4 0.0 -0.2 0.2

Periodical circulation (June 2007=100)2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-32-04 101.9 101.9 102.1 2.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2

Book publishing2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-33 297.6 300.8 300.9 4.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0

Household furniture2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1 182.8 185.4 186.5 6.3 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.6

Floor coverings2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3 162.0 162.9 163.9 3.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6

Household appliances2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4 107.7 109.4 109.4 3.8 0.0 0.7 0.7 0.0

Home electronic equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5 57.0 57.2 57.4 1.2 0.3 -0.2 0.0 0.3

Household glassware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-62 188.8 196.3 – – – 0.0 0.0 –

Household flatware2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-64 194.4 194.4 – – – – 0.0 –

Lawn and garden equip, ex tractors2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-66 140.1 142.2 142.3 2.1 0.1 -0.2 1.3 0.1

Passenger cars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11-01 128.8 130.5 131.2 3.1 0.5 -1.7 -0.6 1.2

Toys, games, and children’s vehicles2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-11 135.5 136.3 136.3 3.7 0.0 -0.2 0.1 0.0

Sporting and athletic goods2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-12 130.0 132.8 131.1 0.5 -1.3 0.6 0.8 -1.3

Tobacco products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2 512.4 514.3 515.1 3.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2

Mobile homes2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5 221.4 225.7 223.4 5.2 -1.0 1.2 -0.4 -1.0

Jewelry, platinum, & karat gold2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-94-02 165.0 160.3 161.1 2.2 0.5 2.6 -2.1 0.5

Costume jewelry and novelties2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-94-04 159.6 159.6 159.8 1.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1

Capital equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153.9 156.7 156.7 4.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.2

Agricultural machinery and equipment2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 194.3 197.4 197.4 5.3 0.0 1.1 0.3 0.0

Construction machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2 186.0 189.9 190.3 5.3 0.2 0.5 1.2 0.4

Metal cutting machine tools2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-37 171.7 173.4 173.3 3.6 -0.1 0.6 0.5 -0.1

Metal forming machine tools2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-38 194.7 200.3 199.9 8.3 -0.2 1.6 -1.4 -0.2

Tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, and ind. molds2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-39 145.9 146.5 146.5 1.7 0.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0

Pumps, compressors, and equipment2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-41 207.3 212.0 211.4 6.9 -0.3 0.7 0.7 -0.3

Industrial material handling equipment2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-44 178.5 182.5 183.0 11.7 0.3 -0.5 -0.2 0.3

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 index

Unadjusted percent

change to Dec. 2008

from:

Seasonally adjusted percent change

from:

Aug.

20081

Nov.

20081

Dec.

20081 Dec. 2007 Nov. 2008 Sept. to

Oct.

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Capital equipment - Continued

Electronic computers (Dec 2004=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-51 40.3 38.3 38.1 -16.4 -0.5 -2.5 -0.8 -0.5

Textile machinery2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-62 165.6 166.8 166.6 2.3 -0.1 0.1 0.4 -0.1

Paper industries machinery (June 1982=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-64 190.7 191.6 191.5 2.6 -0.1 1.0 0.1 -0.1

Printing trades machinery2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-65 152.5 152.9 152.9 1.4 0.0 0.5 -0.3 0.0

Transformers and power regulators2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-74 224.4 212.1 206.3 3.1 -2.7 0.9 -6.6 -2.7

Communication & related equip (Dec 1985=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . 11-76 105.1 105.1 105.0 1.6 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.1

X-ray and electromedical equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-79-05 91.6 91.3 91.5 -0.4 0.2 0.0 -0.3 0.2

Oil field and gas field machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-91 203.3 204.7 205.3 10.1 0.3 0.0 0.4 -0.2

Mining machinery and equipment2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-92 208.6 211.1 212.8 10.1 0.8 0.1 0.5 0.8

Office and store machines and equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-93 125.6 121.3 121.3 4.7 0.0 -5.2 -0.1 0.0

Commercial furniture2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2 193.2 198.1 194.8 6.6 -1.7 1.1 1.8 -1.7

Light motor trucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11-05 138.5 150.8 150.9 2.3 0.1 2.6 -0.1 0.8

Heavy motor trucks2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11-06 181.9 184.6 185.0 3.6 0.2 0.2 1.3 0.2

Truck trailers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-14 179.7 180.0 179.2 4.8 -0.4 0.7 -1.0 -0.4

Civilian aircraft (Dec 1985=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-21-02 231.7 237.4 238.9 6.9 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.8

Ships (Dec 1985=100)2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-31 200.7 202.7 203.3 4.0 0.3 0.4 -0.3 0.3

Railroad equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-4 181.7 182.0 180.5 1.7 -0.8 3.1 -3.4 -0.8

Intermediate materials, supplies, and components. . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.4 180.7 172.7 -1.7 -4.4 -3.9 -4.3 -4.2

Intermediate foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.3 176.3 170.2 3.4 -3.5 -5.5 -2.4 -3.4

Flour2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-12-03 235.1 193.9 184.2 -21.7 -5.0 -8.8 -2.9 -5.0

Refined sugar and byproducts2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-53 141.9 154.8 153.2 19.4 -1.0 6.2 0.5 -1.0

Confectionery materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-54 177.0 177.5 176.8 15.0 -0.4 1.1 0.1 -0.4

Soft drink beverage bases (Dec 1985=100)2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-64-01-11 212.8 216.6 216.7 9.6 0.0 1.1 0.2 0.0

Processed eggs2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-83 182.9 199.9 162.5 -0.7 -18.7 -0.3 -1.2 -18.7

Prepared animal feeds2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-9 203.6 176.6 170.9 10.0 -3.2 -8.6 -4.6 -3.2

Intermediate materials less foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.7 181.0 172.8 -2.0 -4.5 -3.7 -4.5 -4.2

Synthetic fibers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-1 118.8 116.0 114.5 -0.6 -1.3 -4.1 -1.5 -1.3

Processed yarns and threads2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-2 125.7 126.1 121.3 2.1 -3.8 -0.2 -0.9 -3.8

Gray fabrics2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-3 125.2 125.1 125.9 3.9 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.6

Finished fabrics2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-4 136.0 136.3 134.8 4.3 -1.1 -0.4 0.2 -1.1

Industrial textile products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-83-03 144.1 146.1 145.5 3.9 -0.4 1.2 -0.2 -0.4

Leather2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-2 234.2 235.6 235.5 1.0 0.0 -0.2 0.7 0.0

Liquefied petroleum gas2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-32 429.4 178.2 139.4 -65.5 -21.8 -27.6 -33.4 -21.8

Commercial electric power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-42 182.6 176.7 177.1 8.5 0.2 1.6 1.8 0.3

Industrial electric power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-43 197.1 189.4 190.6 5.9 0.6 2.6 -0.1 1.4

Commercial natural gas (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-52 321.2 255.3 252.5 6.5 -1.1 -12.1 -7.3 -1.1

Industrial natural gas (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-53 305.8 261.1 257.5 4.3 -1.4 -9.3 -11.6 -1.4

Natural gas to electric utilities (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-54 204.6 189.0 192.5 2.1 1.9 -13.3 -1.4 1.0

Jet fuels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-72-03 315.2 223.5 178.2 -33.6 -20.3 -12.8 -11.6 -16.8

No 2 Diesel fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-73-03 346.7 224.9 171.5 -36.9 -23.7 -16.4 -17.1 -17.5

Residual fuels2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-74 283.7 148.0 112.9 -43.8 -23.7 -19.6 -34.5 -23.7

Basic inorganic chemicals2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-13 287.7 289.9 296.9 50.6 2.4 1.1 -4.9 2.4

Basic organic chemicals2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-14 314.2 254.0 208.7 -18.6 -17.8 -11.0 -10.2 -17.8

Prepared paint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-21 226.5 229.5 235.7 11.5 2.7 0.0 0.1 2.9

Paint materials2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-22 225.2 231.4 225.4 3.1 -2.6 0.7 -0.3 -2.6

Medicinal and botanical chemicals2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-31 162.2 163.4 163.3 16.5 -0.1 1.3 -0.3 -0.1

Fats and oils, inedible2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-4 334.1 238.2 222.8 -7.2 -6.5 -14.3 -14.4 -6.5

Mixed fertilizers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-51 288.8 292.1 249.4 45.5 -14.6 1.9 -3.1 -14.9

Nitrogenates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-52-01 411.3 348.9 361.4 38.0 3.6 -7.7 -9.6 1.1

Phosphates2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-52-02 518.3 473.1 370.7 82.3 -21.6 -4.4 -7.6 -21.6

Other agricultural chemicals2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-53 171.5 176.5 178.0 10.8 0.8 2.4 -1.3 0.8

Plastic resins and materials2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-6 233.3 216.0 195.8 -5.6 -9.4 -3.0 -5.6 -9.4

Synthetic rubber2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-11-02 226.0 242.8 223.4 30.4 -8.0 0.4 2.8 -8.0

Plastic construction products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-21 189.7 189.4 186.5 3.3 -1.5 0.3 -1.1 -1.5

Unsupported plastic film, sheet, & other shapes2

. . . . . . . . . . . . 07-22 198.7 201.6 197.9 9.2 -1.8 -0.4 -0.5 -1.8

Plastic parts and components for manufacturing2. . . . . . . . . . . . 07-26 133.6 135.7 135.6 4.2 -0.1 0.9 -0.2 -0.1

Softwood lumber2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-11 163.0 146.6 145.7 -8.4 -0.6 -7.5 -2.6 -0.6

Hardwood lumber2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-12 183.2 180.9 177.4 -7.0 -1.9 -0.2 -0.8 -1.9

Millwork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-2 205.4 205.6 206.0 2.2 0.2 0.6 -0.3 0.3

Plywood2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-3 174.9 170.2 168.3 -5.0 -1.1 -3.1 -2.1 -1.1

Treated wood (June 1985=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-71-01 173.2 159.5 161.9 -0.6 1.5 -5.2 -0.5 0.6

See footnotes at end of table.

16
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 index

Unadjusted percent

change to Dec. 2008

from:

Seasonally adjusted percent change

from:

Aug.

20081

Nov.

20081

Dec.

20081 Dec. 2007 Nov. 2008 Sept. to

Oct.

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Intermediate materials less foods and feeds - Continued

Woodpulp2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-11 174.8 164.2 164.2 -1.9 0.0 -3.5 -5.8 0.0

Paper2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-13 188.6 191.4 189.8 9.9 -0.8 0.3 0.3 -0.8

Paperboard2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-14 226.0 229.3 228.8 9.3 -0.2 0.5 -0.3 -0.2

Paper boxes and containers2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-15-03 209.6 217.2 216.4 7.4 -0.4 1.3 0.1 -0.4

Building paper and board2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-2 172.8 165.4 161.5 6.3 -2.4 -3.4 -1.4 -2.4

Commercial printing (June 1982=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-37 170.4 168.9 169.4 1.9 0.3 -0.5 -0.7 0.3

Foundry and forge shop products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15 202.9 194.1 189.7 10.9 -2.3 -2.5 -2.2 -2.3

Steel mill products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17 257.0 217.1 190.2 5.3 -12.4 -4.2 -9.0 -12.4

Primary nonferrous metals2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22 286.7 195.4 178.7 -30.8 -8.5 -12.0 -12.2 -8.5

Aluminum mill shapes2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25-01 196.6 180.8 172.0 -5.9 -4.9 -2.2 -3.8 -4.9

Copper and brass mill shapes2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25-02 421.2 326.6 295.1 -24.3 -9.6 -7.5 -11.3 -9.6

Titanium mill shapes2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25-05 241.9 241.3 232.9 -15.9 -3.5 -2.1 -0.1 -3.5

Nonferrous wire and cable2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26 260.2 213.7 207.4 -13.5 -2.9 -7.7 -10.8 -2.9

Metal containers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3 148.1 148.1 148.5 10.3 0.3 0.1 -0.2 0.3

Hardware2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4 193.4 195.8 196.6 8.8 0.4 0.8 -0.1 0.4

Plumbing fixtures and brass fittings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5 228.2 227.9 227.9 4.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.6 0.2

Heating equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6 212.6 217.7 217.9 10.0 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.3

Fabricated structural metal products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7 216.0 215.2 213.3 12.6 -0.9 -0.6 -0.9 -0.9

Fabricated ferrous wire products (June 1982=100)2

. . . . . . . . . . 10-88 214.9 214.6 208.3 23.3 -2.9 2.0 -2.3 -2.9

Other misc metal products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-89 154.5 155.3 155.5 6.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Mechanical power transmission equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-45 225.1 229.7 231.8 10.6 0.9 0.4 0.9 0.9

Air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-48 165.1 166.0 165.6 4.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.5

Metal valves, ex.fluid power (Dec. 1982=100)2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-49-02 241.3 243.2 243.8 5.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2

Ball and roller bearings2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-49-05 216.9 220.0 221.2 8.6 0.5 1.1 -0.6 0.5

Wiring devices2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-71 210.3 210.2 209.4 5.7 -0.4 0.3 -0.6 -0.4

Motors, generators, motor generator sets2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-73 185.0 185.2 183.5 5.0 -0.9 0.8 -0.2 -0.9

Switchgear, switchboard, etc, equipment2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-75 195.7 199.1 200.1 4.7 0.5 2.2 -0.6 0.5

Electronic components and accessories2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-78 76.7 76.7 76.4 -2.6 -0.4 -0.1 -0.5 -0.4

Internal combustion engines2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-94 158.4 159.8 159.7 3.1 -0.1 0.1 1.4 -0.1

Machine shop products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-95 170.2 172.5 170.7 3.3 -1.0 0.3 -0.2 -1.0

Flat glass2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11 117.7 120.1 119.2 5.7 -0.7 1.7 1.5 -0.7

Cement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-22 209.8 210.3 209.2 -0.6 -0.5 0.6 1.5 -0.1

Concrete products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3 211.1 214.5 214.5 4.2 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.2

Asphalt felts and coatings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6 210.7 228.1 225.7 51.7 -1.1 5.6 -1.5 -0.7

Gypsum products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7 219.5 222.2 222.4 7.3 0.1 2.2 0.7 0.1

Glass containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8 173.2 173.6 176.1 8.0 1.4 0.2 -0.2 1.6

Motor vehicle parts2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-12 120.7 121.6 121.9 3.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Aircraft engines & engine parts (Dec 1985=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-23 186.1 187.4 187.4 4.0 0.0 -0.2 1.0 0.1

Aircraft parts & aux. equip.,nec (June 1985=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . 14-25 165.6 165.7 165.4 4.0 -0.2 -0.5 0.0 -0.2

Photographic supplies2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-42 127.3 124.2 125.4 1.1 1.0 0.7 -3.0 1.0

Medical/surgical/personal aid devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-6 165.9 165.6 166.2 1.5 0.4 -0.2 0.1 0.2

Crude materials for further processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.6 181.8 171.7 -25.0 -5.6 -18.6 -12.5 -5.3

Crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.6 144.6 135.9 -14.3 -6.0 -11.1 -1.2 -5.3

Wheat2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-21 218.9 157.3 145.2 -45.4 -7.7 -19.1 -2.1 -7.7

Corn2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-22-02 205.4 144.9 126.0 -24.0 -13.0 -24.2 -5.0 -13.0

Slaughter cattle2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-31 148.0 133.1 121.3 -10.0 -8.9 -10.3 2.4 -8.9

Slaughter hogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-32 107.3 62.7 68.4 6.2 9.1 -9.3 -15.8 4.6

Slaughter broilers/fryers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-41-02 208.5 204.9 217.3 22.4 6.1 7.0 2.8 9.8

Slaughter turkeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-42 186.9 168.8 139.7 -14.2 -17.2 -4.2 -14.3 -7.3

Fluid milk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-6 137.8 130.4 119.2 -26.0 -8.6 -1.9 -0.1 -7.5

Soybeans2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-83-01-31 203.0 147.2 135.1 -29.8 -8.2 -28.2 2.2 -8.2

Cane sugar, raw (Dec 2003=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-52-01-03 124.5 120.4 121.4 3.8 0.8 -1.0 -2.0 0.8

Crude nonfood materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.0 200.0 189.5 -31.2 -5.3 -22.5 -19.4 -5.2

Raw cotton2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-51 97.5 84.6 89.8 -8.9 6.1 -5.9 -16.5 6.1

Hides and skins2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-1 200.0 196.0 181.3 -7.8 -7.5 -0.4 -2.7 -7.5

Coal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-1 170.1 170.8 169.9 29.2 -0.5 0.4 -0.5 -0.3

Natural gas2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-31 355.7 205.6 235.8 -19.3 14.7 -29.1 -10.9 14.7

Crude petroleum2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-61 321.6 150.6 103.9 -57.9 -31.0 -26.0 -30.2 -31.0

Logs, timber, etc2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-5 219.9 212.9 208.1 -0.5 -2.3 -0.2 -2.5 -2.3

Wastepaper2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-12 397.5 151.2 191.3 -51.9 26.5 -10.6 -57.1 26.5

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 index

Unadjusted percent

change to Dec. 2008

from:

Seasonally adjusted percent change

from:

Aug.

20081

Nov.

20081

Dec.

20081 Dec. 2007 Nov. 2008 Sept. to

Oct.

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Crude nonfood materials - Continued

Iron ore2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11 145.2 145.2 145.2 12.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Iron and steel scrap2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12 771.7 219.6 249.8 -40.7 13.8 -38.3 -41.7 13.8

Nonferrous metal ores (Dec 1983=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21 267.7 204.0 184.6 -26.4 -9.5 -0.4 -20.2 -9.5

Copper base scrap2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23-01 555.8 240.3 228.0 -52.7 -5.1 -29.4 -35.3 -5.1

Aluminum base scrap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23-02 305.1 187.7 163.6 -38.1 -12.8 -22.0 -17.6 -13.3

Construction sand, gravel, and crushed stone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-21 250.6 252.7 252.7 6.6 0.0 1.2 0.5 0.4

Industrial sand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-99-01 220.9 230.6 231.1 18.3 0.2 0.5 3.0 0.0

1 The indexes for August 2008 have been recalculated to incorporate late reports and corrections by respondents. All indexes are subject 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]

Grouping Commodity

code

Unadjusted index1

Aug. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008

All commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.0 177.5 171.3

Major commodity groups

Farm products and processed foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.4 167.9 163.1

Farm products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01 164.7 143.3 134.3

Processed foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 187.3 181.3 178.9

Industrial commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.4 179.0 172.6

Textile products and apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03 130.1 130.3 129.4

Hides, skins, leather, and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 174.9 174.6 171.7

Fuels and related products and power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 237.9 162.5 146.3

Chemicals and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06 263.3 245.5 230.9

Rubber and plastic products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07 169.7 172.9 170.1

Lumber and wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08 193.5 188.9 187.6

Pulp, paper, and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09 229.6 227.8 228.0

Metals and metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 230.9 196.8 188.9

Machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 130.5 131.2 131.0

Furniture and household durables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 150.3 152.4 152.3

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 202.7 205.8 203.9

Transportation equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 157.6 161.8 162.2

Miscellaneous products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 218.4 218.5 217.7

Industrial commodities less fuels and related products and power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.6 180.7 177.6

Other commodity groupings

Fruits and melons, fresh and dry vegetables, and tree nuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-1 140.7 159.1 148.9

Grains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-2 209.8 150.7 134.0

Slaughter livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-3 141.5 116.4 109.9

Slaughter poultry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-4 201.2 194.9 199.3

Plant and animal fibers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-5 98.4 85.5 90.7

Chicken eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-7 163.7 184.2 166.9

Hay, hayseeds, and oilseeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-8 238.8 186.2 173.4

Oilseeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-83 219.2 164.3 152.1

Cereal and bakery products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-1 233.0 226.9 225.5

Meats, poultry, and fish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-2 160.6 153.0 150.4

Processed poultry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-22 141.9 138.4 136.5

Sugar and confectionery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-5 182.5 190.1 190.5

Beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-6 173.5 175.4 175.2

Packaged beverage materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-63 177.6 178.6 177.9

Fats and oils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-7 322.1 260.4 247.1

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-81 128.0 128.4 128.4

Other leather and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-4 159.2 159.5 159.3

Gas fuels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-3 367.9 196.1 209.6

Electric power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-4 183.2 177.2 177.8

Refined petroleum products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-7 313.3 176.0 132.3

Drugs and pharmaceuticals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-3 346.4 349.9 352.7

Agricultural chemicals and products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-5 332.2 309.9 278.5

Other chemicals and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-7 174.9 178.9 179.1

Rubber and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-1 158.6 165.6 161.6

Rubber, except natural rubber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-11 224.9 241.5 222.2

Miscellaneous rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-13 166.0 170.5 169.1

Plastic products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-2 179.6 181.8 179.2

Lumber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-1 167.3 156.1 154.3

Pulp, paper, and products, excluding building paper and board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-1 203.3 200.3 200.5

Converted paper and paperboard products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-15 201.7 207.0 205.8

Iron and steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1 294.4 211.0 193.6

Nonferrous metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2 257.4 201.2 188.0

Nonferrous mill shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25 219.3 188.7 177.0

Metalworking machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3 170.2 171.8 172.1

General purpose machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4 195.9 198.5 198.7

Special industry machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-6 188.0 189.9 190.3

Electrical machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7 113.7 113.8 113.5

Miscellaneous machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9 167.1 168.3 167.7

Other household durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6 174.3 175.8 176.1

Concrete ingredients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2 231.5 233.0 232.6

Motor vehicles and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1 132.4 136.8 137.2

Toys, sporting goods, small arms, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1 144.9 147.0 145.8

Photographic equipment and supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-4 113.0 110.9 111.8

Other miscellaneous products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-9 162.1 158.7 158.3

1 Data for August 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

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base

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Total mining, utilities, and manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 116.9 108.1 105.1 -1.0 -2.8

Total mining industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/84 299.2 183.4 171.5 -31.3 -6.5

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 12/85 383.6 194.9 177.9 -43.7 -8.7

Mining (except oil & gas). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 12/03 190.4 179.6 175.2 8.7 -2.4

Mining support activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 12/03 177.1 180.9 177.1 7.4 -2.1

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 12/03 145.7 134.8 134.4 5.5 -0.3

Total manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/84 182.6 169.5 164.2 -1.6 -3.1

Food mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 12/84 180.5 174.6 172.2 5.8 -1.4

Beverage & tobacco mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 12/03 114.8 115.7 115.8 4.1 0.1

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 12/84 114.2 115.0 113.4 3.8 -1.4

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 12/03 113.7 114.2 114.4 3.8 0.2

Apparel manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 12/03 102.5 102.8 102.8 1.3 0.0

Leather and allied product manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 12/84 154.1 155.1 154.7 2.4 -0.3

Wood product manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 12/03 109.1 106.6 105.9 -0.2 -0.7

Paper manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 12/03 124.5 127.4 127.1 7.7 -0.2

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 12/03 110.0 110.0 110.2 2.6 0.2

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 12/84 382.2 222.3 169.1 -41.4 -23.9

Chemical mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 12/84 238.2 235.4 230.1 9.4 -2.3

Plastics and rubber products mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 12/84 165.2 167.9 165.1 7.8 -1.7

Nonmetallic mineral product mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 12/84 171.9 174.0 174.3 4.4 0.2

Primary metal mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 12/84 233.5 201.8 184.7 -2.1 -8.5

Fabricated metal product mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 12/84 178.8 179.4 178.4 8.6 -0.6

Machinery mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 12/03 118.3 119.4 119.5 5.7 0.1

Computer & electronic product mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 12/03 92.7 92.8 92.7 0.1 -0.1

Electrical equipment, appliance & component mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 12/03 129.3 126.8 126.5 1.7 -0.2

Transportation equipment mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 12/03 106.5 109.4 109.5 3.3 0.1

Furniture & related product mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 12/84 173.5 175.6 175.2 5.3 -0.2

Miscellaneous mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 12/03 110.5 110.7 110.7 2.8 0.0

Total trade industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 110.1 110.6 111.1 6.9 0.5

Total wholesale trade industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 111.4 113.1 115.4 12.0 2.0

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 06/04 118.1 119.2 119.3 6.6 0.1

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 06/05 124.0 126.9 132.7 20.0 4.6

Wholesale trade agents and brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425 06/05 111.5 112.1 111.7 2.9 -0.4

Total retail trade industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 109.2 109.0 108.2 3.5 -0.7

Motor vehicle and parts dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 12/03 117.5 118.9 117.7 -0.3 -1.0

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 12/03 122.0 122.4 121.8 2.4 -0.5

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 12/03 111.0 114.1 112.8 26.3 -1.1

Bldg material and garden equip and supp dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 12/03 120.6 118.4 115.9 -3.1 -2.1

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 12/99 152.4 156.3 153.4 8.9 -1.9

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 12/03 133.3 136.5 136.8 10.5 0.2

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 06/01 72.7 67.9 66.6 0.0 -1.9

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 12/03 112.2 107.4 109.1 2.2 1.6

Sporting goods hobby, book and music stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 12/03 113.4 114.4 112.4 5.5 -1.7

General merchandise stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 12/03 111.6 110.4 112.3 -0.1 1.7

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 12/03 162.4 149.8 150.4 11.7 0.4

Transportation and warehousing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 116.0 112.6 109.5 2.7 -2.8

Transportation industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 116.1 112.0 108.9 2.9 -2.8

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481 12/92 213.0 206.7 198.0 5.8 -4.2

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 12/96 164.3 158.5 154.6 4.5 -2.5

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 12/03 133.7 132.7 129.5 11.3 -2.4

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 12/03 126.6 120.7 117.8 0.0 -2.4

Pipeline transportation of crude oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486110 06/86 156.1 156.1 156.1 8.6 0.0

Refined petroleum product pipeline transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486910 06/86 141.8 141.8 142.4 5.0 0.4

Transportation support activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 12/03 113.1 110.4 110.1 0.7 -0.3

Delivery and warehouse industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 115.5 114.0 111.1 2.3 -2.5

Postal service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 06/89 180.5 180.5 180.5 2.8 0.0

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 12/03 148.2 144.0 136.4 1.6 -5.3

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 12/06 107.3 107.9 107.7 3.6 -0.2

Total traditional service industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 102.4 102.7 101.9 0.1 -0.8

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 102.5 102.2 102.2 1.2 0.0

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 12/03 111.1 111.0 110.7 2.0 -0.3

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 12/03 105.5 110.6 109.1 5.3 -1.4

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 12/03 101.5 100.5 100.9 0.2 0.4

ISPs and Web search portals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5181 06/04 73.6 73.5 73.5 1.1 0.0

Data processing and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5182 12/03 101.0 101.1 100.9 0.5 -0.2

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

adjusted — Continued

Industry1

Industry

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base

Index Percent change to Dec. 2008

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Aug. 20082 Nov. 20082 Dec. 20082 Dec. 2007 Nov. 2008

Selected health care industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 104.9 105.4 105.5 1.5 0.1

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6211 12/96 123.6 123.9 124.2 1.2 0.2

Medical and diagnostic laboratories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6215 12/03 106.9 107.8 107.9 1.1 0.1

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6216 12/96 126.3 127.0 127.1 1.4 0.1

Blood and organ banks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621991 06/06 107.5 108.6 108.6 4.0 0.0

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 12/92 163.2 164.3 164.3 1.5 0.0

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6231 12/03 119.7 120.4 120.7 3.2 0.2

Residential mental retardation facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62321 12/03 118.7 118.7 118.9 3.8 0.2

Other selected traditional service industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 101.5 101.9 100.6 -0.7 -1.3

Depository credit intermediation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5221 12/03 100.8 105.6 99.2 -7.8 -6.1

Security, commodity contracts and like activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 12/03 120.2 115.1 112.3 -8.7 -2.4

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 12/03 110.3 110.5 110.8 2.2 0.3

Lessors of nonres bldg (exc miniwarehouse). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53112 12/03 112.7 110.7 111.6 1.5 0.8

Lessors of miniwarehouse and self storage units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53113 12/03 115.3 115.5 115.7 4.9 0.2

Offices of real estate agents and brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5312 12/03 104.4 103.8 103.2 -6.1 -0.6

Automotive equipment rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5321 06/01 135.0 130.1 124.1 4.2 -4.6

Other heavy machinery rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532412 12/03 117.4 117.2 117.0 -1.5 -0.2

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5411 12/96 161.5 163.2 163.1 5.2 -0.1

Architectural, engineering and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5413 12/96 141.6 142.1 142.1 0.9 0.0

Management and technical consulting services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5416 06/06 106.1 106.6 106.5 1.7 -0.1

Advertising agencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54181 12/03 106.3 106.3 106.3 1.1 0.0

Employment services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5613 12/96 123.4 124.1 124.2 1.6 0.1

Travel agencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56151 12/03 98.8 101.4 101.4 1.2 0.0

Janitorial services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56172 12/03 109.3 109.3 108.8 0.1 -0.5

Waste collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5621 12/03 113.3 113.3 110.2 1.7 -2.7

Computer training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61142 06/06 109.7 112.4 112.3 5.3 -0.1

Amusement and theme parks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71311 06/06 112.3 111.4 111.1 2.6 -0.3

Golf courses and country clubs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71391 12/05 107.0 106.5 106.8 2.1 0.3

Fitness and recreational sports centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71394 12/04 100.8 100.0 100.2 -0.8 0.2

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 12/96 150.9 146.5 144.3 0.4 -1.5

Commercial machinery repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8113 06/06 106.3 106.3 106.3 2.5 0.0

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 August 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]

Grouping

Index1

July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008 Oct. 2008 Nov. 2008 Dec. 2008

Finished goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.9 182.3 181.5 176.5 172.6 169.3

Finished consumer goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.4 192.9 191.7 184.7 179.3 174.7

Finished consumer foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.6 181.1 181.5 181.2 181.2 178.5

Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.8 166.1 170.8 175.1 173.8 155.2

Processed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.6 182.6 182.6 181.8 181.9 180.8

Finished consumer goods, excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.9 197.3 195.4 185.6 178.0 172.6

Nondurable goods less foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228.3 222.4 219.4 204.4 192.7 184.2

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.9 141.7 141.9 142.4 142.4 143.1

Capital equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.0 154.6 155.2 155.9 156.0 156.3

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158.0 158.6 159.5 159.8 159.7 159.6

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.5 153.2 153.7 154.5 154.8 155.1

Intermediate materials, supplies, and components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201.9 198.8 197.1 189.5 181.3 173.7

Materials and components for manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.3 188.7 187.2 181.9 173.6 164.7

Materials for food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.6 186.7 184.6 179.5 178.4 172.9

Materials for nondurable manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234.9 238.9 237.1 226.1 206.9 188.0

Materials for durable manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.1 218.9 213.1 204.4 191.8 177.9

Components for manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.3 141.9 142.6 142.6 142.5 142.1

Materials and components for construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.7 212.8 214.4 213.0 210.6 208.0

Processed fuels and lubricants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243.8 221.5 214.6 191.2 172.3 158.2

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.1 215.1 209.4 191.2 172.1 161.6

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251.1 224.6 217.3 191.7 173.0 157.4

Containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191.9 195.1 198.2 199.4 199.4 198.3

Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.3 179.0 180.0 178.0 176.1 174.0

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.8 172.9 174.2 173.8 173.7 173.0

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.4 179.0 179.9 177.5 175.2 172.8

Feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.5 205.2 203.7 183.1 172.5 165.5

Other supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.3 177.3 178.5 178.1 176.7 174.8

Crude materials for further processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.9 273.4 256.9 209.0 182.8 173.1

Foodstuffs and feedstuffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.6 168.1 165.9 147.5 145.8 138.0

Nonfood materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414.7 350.1 321.2 248.8 200.5 190.1

Nonfood materials except fuel2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398.1 357.2 326.3 256.8 193.2 164.1

Manufacturing2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371.6 333.1 304.1 238.7 178.8 151.5

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.6 200.4 199.8 201.1 196.6 194.1

Crude fuel3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410.4 310.0 287.4 216.5 197.3 220.1

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387.6 294.9 274.1 208.6 190.9 211.9

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419.9 316.9 293.8 221.0 201.4 224.8

Special groupings

Finished goods, excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.4 182.3 181.2 175.0 170.0 166.5

Intermediate materials less foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.3 199.0 197.4 190.0 181.5 173.8

Intermediate foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194.8 193.7 191.8 181.3 176.9 170.8

Crude materials less agricultural products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428.1 360.3 330.2 255.0 205.8 195.6

Finished energy goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206.4 196.4 190.5 166.1 147.5 133.8

Finished goods less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.6 171.3 171.9 172.3 172.4 172.0

Finished consumer goods less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.0 178.7 179.3 179.5 179.7 178.9

Finished goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167.5 168.3 168.9 169.6 169.8 170.1

Finished consumer goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.7 177.6 178.3 178.9 179.1 179.6

Consumer nondurable goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207.7 208.7 209.9 210.6 211.0 211.3

Intermediate energy goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247.4 227.6 217.9 194.8 170.8 154.5

Intermediate materials less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.9 189.0 189.5 185.8 181.6 176.1

Intermediate materials less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.5 188.7 189.4 186.1 181.9 176.5

Crude energy materials2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426.6 339.4 311.7 234.0 190.2 178.8

Crude materials less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229.8 220.5 212.0 183.8 169.5 162.1

Crude nonfood materials less energy3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385.9 375.0 344.1 285.7 227.3 222.4

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 August 2008 have

been recalculated to incorporate late reports and corrections by respondents.

2 Includes crude petroleum.

3 Excludes crude petroleum.

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