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Producer Price Indexes – September 2008 

 The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods decreased 0.4 percent in September, seasonally adjusted, 

the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This decline followed a 0.9-

percent drop in August and a 1.2-percent increase in July. At the earlier stages of processing, prices received by 

producers of intermediate goods fell 1.2 percent after decreasing 1.0 percent a month earlier, and the decline in 

the crude goods index slowed to 7.9 percent in September from 11.9 percent in the preceding month. (See table 

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

decreased 2.9 percent after falling 4.6 percent in August. Price advances for finished goods less foods and 

energy accelerated to 0.4 percent from 0.2 percent a month earlier. Conversely, the rise in the index for finished 

consumer foods slowed to 0.2 percent in September from 0.3 percent in the prior month. 

 During the third quarter of 2008, the finished goods index fell at a 0.4-percent seasonally adjusted 

annual rate (SAAR), after climbing at a 14.6-percent SAAR during the second quarter. Much of this downturn 

can be attributed to the index for finished energy goods, which decreased at a 16.7-percent SAAR for the 3 

months ended in September after jumping at a 51.6-percent SAAR for the 3 months ended in June. Prices for 

finished consumer foods moved up at a 3.1-percent SAAR during the third quarter after rising at a 9.2-percent 

SAAR during the second quarter. Conversely, the index for finished goods less foods and energy advanced at a 

5.4-percent SAAR for the 3 months ended in September after increasing at a 4.4-percent SAAR for the 3 

months ended in June. At the earlier stages of processing, the intermediate goods index moved up at a 2.1-

percent SAAR during the third quarter after surging at a 25.7-percent SAAR in the second quarter, and prices 

for crude goods decreased at a 48.9-percent SAAR for the 3 months ended in September after jumping at a 

79.1-percent SAAR for the 3 months ended in June. (See summary table.) 

 Before seasonal adjustment, the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods fell 0.1 percent in September 

to 182.0 (1982 = 100). From September 2007 to September 2008, finished goods prices climbed 8.7 percent. 

Over the same period, the index for finished energy goods increased 22.4 percent, prices for finished consumer 

foods moved up 8.1-percent, and the index for finished goods less foods and energy advanced 4.0 percent. For 

the 12 months ended in September, prices received by manufacturers of intermediate goods rose 15.4 percent, 

and the crude goods index increased 26.0 percent. 
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Finished goods

 The decline in the finished energy goods index slowed to 2.9 percent from 4.6 percent in August. The 

index for gasoline fell 0.5 percent in September after moving down 3.5 percent a month earlier. Prices for 

liquefied petroleum gas and diesel fuel also decreased less than in the preceding month. The index for kerosene 

turned up in September after falling in the prior month. By contrast, partially offsetting the slowing declines in 

finished energy goods prices, the index for residential natural gas dropped 8.2 percent after moving down 5.0 

percent in August. Prices for asphalt and finished lubricants rose less than in the previous month. The index for 

residential electric power turned down in September after advancing a month earlier. (See table 2.) 

 The increase in the index for finished goods less foods and energy accelerated to 0.4 percent from 0.2 

percent in August. The index for light motor trucks turned up 1.0 percent after falling 1.9 percent in the 

previous month. Prices for passenger cars also rose after declining a month earlier. The index for 

pharmaceutical preparations advanced more in September than in the preceding month. By contrast, the index 

for pet food turned down 0.2 percent after increasing 3.3 percent in August. Prices for periodical circulation; 

motor homes built on purchased chassis; women’s, girls’, and infants’ apparel; and office and store machines 

and equipment also fell after rising in the prior month. 

 The index for finished consumer foods climbed 0.2 percent after rising 0.3 percent in August. In 

September, higher prices for fresh and dry vegetables, snack chips, sausage and deli meats, and eggs for fresh 

use outweighed lower prices for beef and veal, natural cheese (except cottage cheese), fats and oils, and 

strawberries. 
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Intermediate goods

 The Producer Price Index for Intermediate Materials, Supplies, and Components fell 1.2 percent in 

September following a 1.0-percent decrease in the previous month. Prices for materials for both nondurable and 

durable manufacturing turned down in September. The index for materials and components for construction 

rose less than it had in August, while prices for intermediate foods and feeds declined more in September than 

they had a month earlier. Conversely, partially counteracting the faster rate of decrease in prices for 

intermediate goods, the index for intermediate energy foods fell less in September than in August. Excluding 

foods and energy, prices for intermediate goods moved down 0.3 percent in September after climbing 1.7 

percent in the preceding month. (See table B.) 

 The index for materials for nondurable manufacturing dropped 2.9 percent in September following a 

5.2-percent jump in the previous month. Leading this downturn, prices for basic organic chemicals fell 4.8 

percent after increasing 6.3 percent in August. The indexes for plastic resins and materials, woodpulp, and 

meats also declined in September following increases in the prior month. Prices for agricultural chemicals and 

chemical products, non-corrugated paperboard, and writing and printing papers rose less than they had in 

August. Conversely, the index for medicinal and botanical chemicals advanced 10.9 percent in September after 

moving up 1.8 percent a month earlier. Prices for potassium and sodium compounds and for synthetic fibers 

also increased more than they had in August. (See table 2.) The index for materials for nondurable 

manufacturing climbed at a 34.7-percent SAAR for the 3 months ended in September after rising at a 30.8-

percent SAAR for the 3 months ended in June. 

 The index for materials for durable manufacturing decreased 3.2 percent in September following a 0.4-

percent advance in the previous month. Leading this downturn, prices for steel mill products dropped 3.6 

percent after rising 2.2 percent in August. The indexes for aluminum mill shapes, plastic resins and materials, 

secondary aluminum, and basic organic chemicals also fell in September following increases a month earlier. 

Prices for primary nonferrous metals and for copper and brass mill shapes declined more than they had in 

August. The index for prepared paint rose less than in the prior month. Conversely, the synthetic fibers index 

climbed 3.7 percent in September after advancing 1.1 percent in the preceding month. Prices for adhesives and 

sealants also rose more than in August. Prices for materials for durable manufacturing declined at a 5.4-percent 

SAAR during the third quarter of 2008 after surging at a 35.8-percent SAAR during the second quarter. 

 The index for materials and components for construction rose 0.7 percent in September following a 1.5-

percent gain in the prior month. Prices for paving mixtures and blocks moved up 3.1 percent after advancing 

9.6 percent in August. The index for asphalt felts and coatings also increased less in September than it had a 

month earlier. Prices for steel mill products; nonferrous wire and cable; and metal doors, sash, and trim turned 

down after rising in August. The index for fabricated structural metal was unchanged in September following 

an increase in the preceding month. By contrast, prices for ready mixed concrete advanced 1.4 percent after 

moving down 0.3 percent in August. The index for custom roll-formed metal products also turned up in 

September. Prices for architectural and ornamental metalwork rose more than they had in August. The index 

for materials and components for construction climbed at a 16.9-percent SAAR for the 3 months ended in 

September after moving up at a 19.5-percent SAAR for the 3 months ended in June. 
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 The index for intermediate foods and feeds fell 0.9 percent in September following a 0.2-percent decline 

in the previous month. Meat prices decreased 0.6 percent after increasing 4.4 percent in August. The index for 

flour and flour-base mixes and doughs also turned down in September. Prices for formula feeds, natural cheese 

(except cottage cheese), and shortening and cooking oils fell more than they had in August. By contrast, the 

processed eggs index jumped 12.8 percent in September following a 4.7-percent decline a month earlier. Prices 

for snack chips and for corn, cottonseed, and soybean cake and meal advanced more than they had in August. 

The index for packaged fluid milk and related products fell less than in the preceding month. The index for 

intermediate foods and feeds moved up at a 12.1-percent SAAR during the third quarter after rising at a 14.0-

percent SAAR during the second quarter. 

 The index for intermediate energy goods fell 3.8 percent in September following an 8.2-percent decrease 

in the prior month. Jet fuel prices moved down 3.2 percent after dropping 24.9 percent in August. The indexes 

for diesel fuel, gasoline, natural gas to electric utilities, residual fuels, liquefied petroleum gas, and commercial 

natural gas also declined less in September than they had a month earlier. By contrast, prices for industrial 

electric power fell 1.4 percent following a 0.7-percent increase in August. The asphalt index rose less in 

September than it had in the preceding month, while prices for commercial electric power were unchanged after 

advancing in August. The index for intermediate energy goods decreased at a 28.2-percent SAAR for the 3 

months ended in September after jumping at a 55.4-percent SAAR for the 3 months ended in June. 

Crude goods

 The Producer Price Index for Crude Materials for Further Processing declined 7.9 percent in September 

following an 11.9-percent drop in the prior month. Prices for crude energy materials and for crude foodstuffs 

and feedstuffs fell less than they had in the previous month. By contrast, slightly counteracting the slower rate 

of decline in the crude goods index, prices for crude nonfood materials less energy decreased more than in 

August. (See table B.) 

The index for crude energy materials fell 11.7 percent in September subsequent to a 19.4-percent 

decrease in the preceding month. Crude petroleum prices moved down 9.0 percent following a 17.6-percent 

drop in the previous month. The natural gas index declined 16.5 percent after tumbling 23.9 percent in August. 

By contrast, prices for coal rose 0.7 percent compared with a 2.7-percent increase a month earlier. (See table 2.) 

During the third quarter of 2008, the crude energy materials index decreased at a 66.5-percent SAAR after 

surging at a 152.2-percent SAAR in the second quarter. 

Prices for crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs moved down 1.1 percent in September compared with a 5.2-

percent decline in the preceding month. The corn index fell 1.9 percent after dropping 14.6 percent in August. 

The indexes for soybeans and for slaughter broilers and fryers also fell less than they had a month earlier. 

Prices for fresh and dry vegetables turned up in September, and the index for ungraded chicken eggs rose more 

than in August. By contrast, prices for slaughter hogs declined 10.8 percent subsequent to a 20.1-percent gain 

in August. The indexes for slaughter steers and heifers, wheat, slaughter cows and bulls, and alfalfa hay also 

turned down in September. The crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs index fell at a 22.5-percent SAAR during the 

third quarter of 2008 after rising at a 15.3-percent SAAR in the prior quarter. 

 
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 The index for crude nonfood materials less energy declined 9.4 percent following a 1.9-percent decrease 

in August. Carbon steel scrap prices dropped 22.5 percent in September after falling 3.4 percent in the previous 

month. The index for aluminum base scrap also fell more than in August. The index for copper ores turned 

down in September, and prices for phosphates increased less than in the preceding month. By contrast, prices 

for plant and animal fibers increased 8.7 percent compared with a 1.5-percent decline in August. The indexes 

for corrugated wastepaper and for stainless and alloy steel scrap also turned up in September. Prices for 

soybeans and gold ores fell less than they had in August. For the 3 months ended September 2008, the index 

for crude nonfood materials less energy declined at a 28.4-percent SAAR after increasing at a 62.2-percent 

SAAR in the 3 months ended in June. 

Net output price indexes

Mining, Utilities, and Manufacturing Industries. The Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total 

Mining, Utilities, and Manufacturing Industries moved down 0.5 percent compared with a 1.4-percent decrease 

in August. (Net output price indexes are not seasonally adjusted.) The industry index for petroleum refineries 

declined 0.9 percent after falling 11.4 percent a month earlier. Similarly, prices received by the industries for 

crude petroleum and natural gas extraction and for natural gas distribution also decreased less than they had in 

the prior month. The industry index for automotive, light truck, and utility vehicle manufacturing turned up in 

September, and prices received by medicinal and botanical manufacturers rose more than in August. By 

contrast, partially offsetting the slower rate of decline in the index for Total Mining, Utilities, and 

Manufacturing Industries, the index for the electric power generation industry fell 10.0 percent in September 

following an 8.1-percent gain in the preceding month. Prices received by the industries for livestock 

slaughtering and petrochemicals manufacturing also declined after rising a month earlier. The phosphatic 

fertilizer manufacturing industry index increased less than it had in August. For the 3 months ended September 

2008, the total mining, utilities, and manufacturing industries index advanced at a 1.0-percent annual rate after 

rising at a 23.2-percent annual rate for the 3 months ended in June. In September, the index for total mining, 

utilities, and manufacturing industries was 116.6 (December 2006 = 100), 11.7 percent above its year-ago level. 

Trade Industries. The Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total Trade Industries declined 1.2 percent 

in September subsequent to a 2.1-percent rise in August. (Trade indexes measure changes in margins received 

by wholesalers and retailers.) Leading this downturn, the margin index for merchant wholesalers of nondurable 

goods fell 5.7 percent after climbing 7.9 percent in the prior month. Margins received by merchant wholesalers 

of durable goods and fuel dealers also turned down in September. The margin indexes for gasoline stations 

with convenience stores and recreation vehicle dealers increased less than they had a month earlier. By 

contrast, the margin index for shoe stores advanced 7.5 percent following a 7.2-percent decrease in August. 

Margins received by office supplies and stationery stores and by family clothing stores also turned up in 

September. The margin index for pharmacies and drug stores was unchanged after declining in August and 

margins received by new car dealers fell less than they had a month earlier. During the third quarter of 2008, 

the total trade industries index increased at an 8.3-percent annual rate subsequent to rising at a 14.8-percent 

annual rate in the second quarter. In September, the index for total trade industries was 111.1 (December 2006 

= 100), 7.0 percent above its year-ago level. 
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Transportation and Warehousing Industries. The Producer Price Index for Total Transportation and 

Warehousing Industries moved down 0.9 percent in September after edging up 0.2 percent in August. The 

index for the scheduled air transportation industry group declined 2.2 percent compared with a 0.9-percent 

advance in the previous month. Prices received by the long distance general freight trucking industry group 

decreased more than in August. The industry indexes for couriers, deep sea freight transportation, and line-haul 

railroads increased less than they had a month earlier. Prices received by the industry for local trucking of 

specialized new freight were unchanged after advancing in August. By contrast, the industry index for Coastal 

and Great Lakes freight transportation rose 1.2 percent in September after falling 2.3 percent in the preceding 

month. Prices received by inland water freight transporters increased more than in August and the industry 

index for long distance specialized new freight trucking declined less in September than it had in the prior 

month. During the third quarter of 2008, the transportation and warehousing industries index was unchanged 

after rising at a 20.3-percent annual rate in the second quarter. In September, the index for total transportation 

and warehousing industries was 115.0 (December 2006 = 100), 10.0 percent above it year-ago level. 

Traditional Service Industries. The Producer Price Index for Total Traditional Service Industries edged down 

0.2 percent after rising 0.7 percent in August. Prices received by the accommodation industry group moved 

down 5.1 percent subsequent to a 0.3-percent decrease a month earlier. The indexes for the depository credit 

intermediation industry group and for the investment banking and securities dealing industry increased less than 

they had in the prior month. Prices received by software publishers and by cellular and wireless carriers turned 

down in September. The industry index for direct life insurance carriers was unchanged after rising in August. 

By contrast, the index for the general medical and surgical hospitals industry advanced 0.2 percent after edging 

down 0.1 percent in the preceding month. Prices received by the industry for offices of real estate agents and 

brokers were unchanged in September after falling in the prior month, and the portfolio management industry 

index fell less than in August. The index for total traditional service industries increased at a 1.2-percent annual 

rate during the third quarter of 2008 subsequent to rising at a 2.0-percent annual rate during the second quarter. 

In September, the index for total traditional service industries was 102.3 (December 2006 = 100), 0.1 percent 

above its year-ago level.

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Producer Price Index data for October 2008 are scheduled to be released on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 

8:30 a.m. (EST). 
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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 Sept. 2008

from:

Seasonally adjusted percent change

from:

May

20082

Aug.

20082

Sept.

20082

Sept.

2007

Aug.

2008 June to July July to Aug. Aug. toSept.

Finished goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.000 179.8 182.1 182.0 8.7 -0.1 1.2 -0.9 -0.4

Finished consumer goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.284 190.3 193.1 192.7 10.2 -0.2 1.2 -1.2 -0.6

Finished consumer foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.296 177.6 181.4 182.0 8.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2

Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.258 172.1 158.2 168.7 3.8 6.6 -9.8 -3.7 3.9

Processed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.038 178.2 183.7 183.3 8.4 -0.2 1.3 0.7 -0.1

Finished consumer goods, excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.988 195.0 197.4 196.7 11.1 -0.4 1.6 -1.7 -0.9

Nondurable goods less foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.845 220.0 223.8 222.6 14.4 -0.5 2.0 -2.3 -1.3

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.143 140.3 139.9 140.1 2.5 0.1 0.6 -0.1 0.4

Capital equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.716 152.7 153.7 154.3 3.6 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.5

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.508 156.3 158.4 159.1 4.3 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.208 151.3 152.1 152.6 3.5 0.3 0.9 0.0 0.5

Intermediate materials, supplies, and components. . . . . . . . . . 100.000 192.8 200.2 198.7 15.4 -0.7 2.7 -1.0 -1.2

Materials and components for manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.867 179.1 190.6 187.1 14.6 -1.8 2.7 2.2 -1.8

Materials for food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.911 182.7 187.4 185.2 11.2 -1.2 0.9 -0.1 -1.1

Materials for nondurable manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.185 215.9 243.8 236.9 27.4 -2.8 5.4 5.2 -2.9

Materials for durable manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.624 211.9 220.1 213.0 12.6 -3.2 1.5 0.4 -3.2

Components for manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.147 139.4 142.1 142.5 4.4 0.3 1.1 0.5 0.4

Materials and components for construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.389 203.3 213.1 214.4 11.0 0.6 1.7 1.5 0.7

Processed fuels and lubricants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.403 227.3 224.2 223.2 25.1 -0.4 3.7 -9.4 -2.6

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.999 213.5 219.0 215.9 21.0 -1.4 4.1 -5.3 -2.5

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.404 233.6 227.0 226.8 26.7 -0.1 3.5 -10.8 -2.7

Containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.923 187.6 194.2 198.1 9.4 2.0 1.7 1.4 2.0

Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.418 173.1 179.4 179.9 10.8 0.3 2.0 0.9 0.3

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.911 169.1 172.7 174.2 6.5 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.507 172.6 179.6 179.8 12.0 0.1 2.2 1.0 0.2

Feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.081 186.1 204.7 203.7 46.4 -0.5 9.9 -0.6 -0.4

Other supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.426 172.3 178.0 178.4 9.0 0.2 1.3 1.2 0.3

Crude materials for further processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.000 293.1 280.0 257.8 26.0 -7.9 4.2 -11.9 -7.9

Foodstuffs and feedstuffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.756 173.2 170.4 168.0 10.6 -1.4 0.1 -5.2 -1.1

Nonfood materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.244 382.4 360.5 320.8 35.1 -11.0 6.0 -14.8 -10.9

Nonfood materials except fuel3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.982 372.4 358.9 326.0 27.8 -9.2 5.2 -10.6 -9.1

Manufacturing3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.533 347.4 334.6 303.7 28.1 -9.2 5.2 -10.7 -9.1

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.449 200.1 200.3 199.4 -0.9 -0.4 1.6 -0.6 -0.3

Crude fuel4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.262 369.2 335.1 287.1 48.7 -14.3 7.3 -21.4 -14.3

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.338 349.1 317.9 273.6 48.4 -13.9 7.2 -20.9 -13.9

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.924 377.7 342.7 293.5 48.7 -14.4 7.3 -21.4 -14.4

Special groupings

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

180.1 182.0 181.7 8.9 -0.2 1.4 -1.2 -0.5

Intermediate materials less foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.0086193.3 200.5 199.1 15.2 -0.7 2.6 -1.0 -1.2

Intermediate foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9926184.5 194.0 192.2 21.5 -0.9 4.0 -0.2 -0.9

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

394.1 371.3 329.7 35.3 -11.2 6.1 -15.0 -11.1

Finished energy goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.6545194.8 198.2 195.5 22.4 -1.4 3.1 -4.6 -2.9

Finished goods less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.3465168.8 170.7 171.3 5.1 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.4

Finished consumer goods less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.6305175.9 178.3 178.9 5.7 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3

Finished goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.0505166.1 167.3 167.9 4.0 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.4

Finished consumer goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . 35.3345175.2 176.6 177.2 4.2 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.5

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

205.4 208.8 209.8 5.8 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5

Intermediate energy goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.3066228.7 230.3 226.2 26.0 -1.8 4.3 -8.2 -3.8

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

181.4 190.1 189.4 12.6 -0.4 2.2 1.5 -0.4

Intermediate materials less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.7026181.2 189.9 189.3 12.1 -0.3 2.0 1.7 -0.3

Crude energy materials3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.8738386.1 352.7 311.4 41.6 -11.7 6.9 -19.4 -11.7

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

223.9 223.2 213.3 13.3 -4.4 1.3 -3.9 -4.2

Crude nonfood materials less energy4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.3718372.4 379.1 342.6 18.2 -9.6 3.4 -1.9 -9.4

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 May 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 Sept. 2008

from:

Seasonally adjusted percent change

from:

May 20081 Aug.

20081

Sept.

20081 Sept. 2007 Aug. 2008 June toJuly

July to

Aug.

Aug. to

Sept.

Finished goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.8 182.1 182.0 8.7 -0.1 1.2 -0.9 -0.4

Finished consumer goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190.3 193.1 192.7 10.2 -0.2 1.2 -1.2 -0.6

Finished consumer foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.6 181.4 182.0 8.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2

Fresh fruits and melons2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-11 133.7 111.3 113.8 1.4 2.2 -12.4 -3.0 2.2

Fresh and dry vegetables2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-13 160.9 143.6 184.4 22.2 28.4 -9.2 -14.3 28.4

Eggs for fresh use (Dec 1991=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-71-07 124.8 134.2 150.6 -2.3 12.2 -19.3 9.3 8.2

Bakery products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-11 235.4 240.5 241.3 10.5 0.3 1.5 0.0 0.3

Milled rice2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-13 275.0 292.6 278.9 80.9 -4.7 0.4 -1.2 -4.7

Pasta products (June 1985=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-14-02 184.2 188.4 186.9 38.3 -0.8 1.8 0.1 -0.8

Beef and veal2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-21-01 152.6 170.3 166.3 14.4 -2.3 7.4 1.6 -2.3

Pork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-21-04 134.0 151.6 145.5 9.9 -4.0 1.1 11.2 -1.2

Processed young chickens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-22-03 145.2 145.7 146.5 2.6 0.5 -1.5 -0.9 -0.6

Processed turkeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-22-06 121.7 123.9 124.8 8.1 0.7 -0.7 -2.9 0.9

Finfish and shellfish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-23 259.9 251.6 261.6 11.1 4.0 3.2 -0.5 4.1

Dairy products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-3 182.0 187.0 183.2 -3.4 -2.0 1.2 -1.2 -2.0

Processed fruits and vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-4 165.0 169.2 171.9 9.5 1.6 -0.2 2.8 1.5

Confectionery end products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-55 216.9 220.0 219.3 6.5 -0.3 0.6 0.8 -0.3

Soft drinks2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-62 173.8 175.5 175.2 4.3 -0.2 2.4 -0.5 -0.2

Roasted coffee2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-63-01 178.5 181.1 183.9 12.5 1.5 0.8 0.6 1.5

Shortening and cooking oils2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-78 317.7 317.6 298.3 38.5 -6.1 3.4 -5.2 -6.1

Finished consumer goods excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195.0 197.4 196.7 11.1 -0.4 1.6 -1.7 -0.9

Alcoholic beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-61 165.5 166.8 166.9 3.9 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Pet food2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-94-02 203.0 223.8 223.3 21.5 -0.2 1.0 3.3 -0.2

Women’s, girls’, & infants’ apparel (Dec 2003=100)2

. . . . . . . 03-81-06 100.6 101.6 100.9 -0.1 -0.7 0.1 0.9 -0.7

Men’s and boys’ apparel (Dec 2003=100)2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-81-07 99.6 99.6 100.0 1.4 0.4 0.3 -0.3 0.4

Textile housefurnishings2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-82 126.5 126.9 127.1 1.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2

Footwear2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-3 155.8 157.9 157.9 4.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0

Residential electric power (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-41 143.5 151.7 151.5 5.8 -0.1 2.0 0.1 -0.2

Residential gas (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-51 256.1 274.8 257.5 15.4 -6.3 8.8 -5.0 -8.2

Gasoline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-71 317.0 310.3 314.8 39.5 1.5 -0.2 -3.5 -0.5

Home heating oil and distillates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-73-02-01 361.0 355.7 328.9 45.5 -7.5 3.7 -13.6 -13.9

Pharmaceutical preparations (June 2001=100)2

. . . . . . . . . . . 06-38 137.1 138.5 139.7 6.6 0.9 0.7 0.4 0.9

Soaps and synthetic detergents2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-71 150.7 155.2 156.0 7.4 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.5

Cosmetics and other toilet preparations2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-75 147.0 148.0 147.8 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.2 -0.1

Tires, tubes, tread, etc2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-12 124.5 129.6 129.6 9.2 0.0 1.4 0.4 0.0

Sanitary paper products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-15-01 169.0 172.8 176.1 8.5 1.9 1.0 1.8 1.9

Newspaper circulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-31-01 247.9 251.8 253.0 2.7 0.5 1.6 0.4 0.2

Periodical circulation (June 2007=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-32-04 102.6 102.6 101.8 2.0 -0.8 0.4 1.1 -0.8

Book publishing2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-33 295.2 297.9 297.9 3.9 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.0

Household furniture2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1 179.3 182.7 184.2 5.1 0.8 0.2 0.6 0.8

Floor coverings2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3 159.0 162.5 162.9 3.4 0.2 1.3 1.4 0.2

Household appliances2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4 106.1 107.3 107.8 2.4 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.5

Home electronic equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5 56.8 57.3 57.3 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0

Household glassware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-62 188.0 188.8 196.3 11.2 4.0 – 0.0 4.0

Household flatware2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-64 194.4 194.4 – – – 0.0 -1.4 –

Lawn and garden equip, ex tractors2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-66 139.7 140.5 140.7 2.9 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1

Passenger cars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11-01 126.8 127.8 127.2 4.3 -0.5 1.4 -0.3 0.5

Toys, games, and children’s vehicles2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-11 133.5 135.5 136.5 4.1 0.7 -0.1 0.7 0.7

Sporting and athletic goods2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-12 128.4 130.5 131.0 0.7 0.4 1.0 0.0 0.4

Tobacco products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-2 511.5 512.0 513.4 4.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3

Mobile homes2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5 215.7 222.2 223.9 5.9 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.8

Jewelry, platinum, & karat gold2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-94-02 164.2 165.7 159.6 3.6 -3.7 1.5 -1.0 -3.7

Costume jewelry and novelties2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-94-04 160.1 159.6 159.6 1.9 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.0

Capital equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.7 153.7 154.3 3.6 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.5

Agricultural machinery and equipment2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 191.5 193.8 194.8 5.8 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.5

Construction machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2 183.6 186.0 186.9 3.9 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6

Metal cutting machine tools2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-37 168.9 171.5 171.6 3.1 0.1 0.9 -0.1 0.1

Metal forming machine tools2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-38 190.2 197.8 199.9 8.4 1.1 2.4 0.3 1.1

Tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, and ind. molds2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-39 144.9 146.5 147.3 2.2 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5

Pumps, compressors, and equipment2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-41 203.3 208.1 209.1 6.7 0.5 1.1 0.4 0.5

Industrial material handling equipment2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-44 169.8 179.7 183.9 13.1 2.3 1.3 3.5 2.3

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 Sept. 2008

from:

Seasonally adjusted percent change

from:

May 20081 Aug.

20081

Sept.

20081 Sept. 2007 Aug. 2008 June toJuly

July to

Aug.

Aug. to

Sept.

Capital equipment - Continued

Electronic computers (Dec 2004=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-51 41.3 40.2 39.6 -17.2 -1.5 -1.5 -1.2 -1.5

Textile machinery2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-62 164.0 166.0 166.1 0.9 0.1 -0.4 -0.4 0.1

Paper industries machinery (June 1982=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-64 186.9 189.1 189.5 2.5 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.2

Printing trades machinery2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-65 152.6 152.3 152.7 1.3 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.3

Transformers and power regulators2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-74 216.0 226.0 225.2 14.9 -0.4 2.4 0.1 -0.4

Communication & related equip (Dec 1985=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . 11-76 104.9 105.3 105.3 2.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.0

X-ray and electromedical equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-79-05 91.7 91.5 91.6 -1.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1

Oil field and gas field machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-91 198.7 204.2 203.5 9.4 -0.3 0.7 0.7 0.1

Mining machinery and equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-92 203.0 209.8 209.9 9.3 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0

Office and store machines and equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-93 119.8 129.0 128.0 10.8 -0.8 0.3 6.2 -0.8

Commercial furniture2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2 186.4 191.2 192.4 6.4 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6

Light motor trucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11-05 146.5 137.2 138.0 -1.4 0.6 0.8 -1.9 1.0

Heavy motor trucks2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11-06 181.1 182.4 181.9 2.0 -0.3 0.9 -0.2 -0.3

Truck trailers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-14 175.7 179.9 180.6 5.8 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.4

Civilian aircraft (Dec 1985=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-21-02 226.7 231.8 233.3 5.5 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.6

Ships (Dec 1985=100)2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-31 196.5 200.8 202.5 5.0 0.8 1.7 0.1 0.8

Railroad equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-4 178.0 182.4 182.8 2.8 0.2 0.5 -1.2 0.2

Intermediate materials, supplies, and components. . . . . . . . . . . . . 192.8 200.2 198.7 15.4 -0.7 2.7 -1.0 -1.2

Intermediate foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.5 194.0 192.2 21.5 -0.9 4.0 -0.2 -0.9

Flour2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-12-03 254.2 235.1 218.8 8.9 -6.9 -7.8 1.5 -6.9

Refined sugar and byproducts2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-53 129.0 140.2 145.0 12.2 3.4 1.1 4.6 3.4

Confectionery materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-54 175.4 177.1 176.9 15.6 -0.1 0.3 1.2 0.4

Soft drink beverage bases (Dec 1985=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-64-01-11 206.8 212.9 213.7 8.8 0.4 1.8 0.0 0.4

Processed eggs2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-83 200.9 180.0 203.0 37.9 12.8 -6.0 -4.7 12.8

Prepared animal feeds2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-9 184.4 203.3 202.6 41.0 -0.3 8.4 0.2 -0.3

Intermediate materials less foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193.3 200.5 199.1 15.2 -0.7 2.6 -1.0 -1.2

Synthetic fibers2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-1 116.1 118.5 122.9 7.4 3.7 1.5 1.1 3.7

Processed yarns and threads2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-2 123.9 125.8 127.4 8.4 1.3 0.9 0.6 1.3

Gray fabrics2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-3 122.8 125.0 125.0 2.9 0.0 0.5 1.7 0.0

Finished fabrics2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-4 131.8 135.1 136.5 6.1 1.0 0.8 1.3 1.0

Industrial textile products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-83-03 142.6 144.0 144.7 3.7 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.5

Leather2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-2 233.2 235.7 234.5 1.6 -0.5 -1.9 1.2 -0.5

Liquefied petroleum gas2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-32 448.7 415.8 369.5 9.4 -11.1 10.8 -19.5 -11.1

Commercial electric power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-42 172.0 182.7 182.1 5.4 -0.3 1.3 0.5 0.0

Industrial electric power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-43 189.5 198.2 195.5 3.8 -1.4 0.7 0.7 -1.4

Commercial natural gas (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-52 275.9 299.7 294.3 27.4 -1.8 9.4 -5.5 -2.0

Industrial natural gas (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-53 296.8 304.8 284.3 27.4 -6.7 9.0 -9.2 -7.1

Natural gas to electric utilities (Dec 1990=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-54 224.8 202.5 189.9 9.7 -6.2 4.9 -14.0 -5.4

Jet fuels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-72-03 353.9 315.2 333.7 53.4 5.9 6.5 -24.9 -3.2

No 2 Diesel fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-73-03 398.2 346.9 342.2 39.0 -1.4 2.6 -20.7 -6.4

Residual fuels2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-74 247.7 283.7 280.8 47.2 -1.0 21.1 -9.9 -1.0

Basic inorganic chemicals2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-13 255.6 282.0 301.4 59.1 6.9 0.4 6.4 6.9

Basic organic chemicals2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-14 292.7 333.8 317.9 34.4 -4.8 6.9 6.3 -4.8

Prepared paint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-21 217.7 227.5 229.1 9.2 0.7 0.9 4.2 0.9

Paint materials2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-22 225.6 226.9 230.5 6.6 1.6 1.1 3.0 1.6

Medicinal and botanical chemicals2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-31 145.5 145.9 161.8 14.2 10.9 1.3 1.8 10.9

Fats and oils, inedible2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-4 320.8 339.8 324.6 63.7 -4.5 7.0 -3.4 -4.5

Mixed fertilizers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-51 230.5 293.6 295.6 81.2 0.7 8.1 11.9 0.7

Nitrogenates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-52-01 340.8 408.1 400.0 76.4 -2.0 12.2 8.4 -2.7

Phosphates2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-52-02 333.1 518.3 535.9 174.0 3.4 9.6 15.6 3.4

Other agricultural chemicals2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-53 166.0 174.6 174.7 10.9 0.1 0.5 2.6 0.1

Plastic resins and materials2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-6 216.4 243.6 236.0 19.2 -3.1 7.6 2.9 -3.1

Synthetic rubber2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-11-02 188.9 222.7 235.3 37.8 5.7 6.9 4.1 5.7

Plastic construction products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-21 182.7 189.5 191.0 6.8 0.8 1.8 1.0 0.8

Unsupported plastic film, sheet, & other shapes2

. . . . . . . . . . . . 07-22 195.6 198.7 203.5 14.1 2.4 2.0 2.5 2.4

Plastic parts and components for manufacturing2. . . . . . . . . . . . 07-26 130.2 133.4 134.8 3.7 1.0 1.4 0.8 1.0

Softwood lumber2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-11 164.5 163.5 162.7 -4.0 -0.5 -3.4 1.1 -0.5

Hardwood lumber2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-12 185.7 184.0 182.7 -5.0 -0.7 -0.6 -0.3 -0.7

Millwork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-2 204.6 205.1 205.6 2.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1

Plywood2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-3 177.8 175.7 179.4 -0.7 2.1 -1.8 -0.4 2.1

Treated wood (June 1985=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-71-01 171.7 173.1 175.0 6.8 1.1 -0.7 -1.1 2.6

Woodpulp2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-11 171.2 193.1 180.6 10.3 -6.5 1.1 11.2 -6.5

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 Sept. 2008

from:

Seasonally adjusted percent change

from:

May 20081 Aug.

20081

Sept.

20081 Sept. 2007 Aug. 2008 June toJuly

July to

Aug.

Aug. to

Sept.

Intermediate materials less foods and feeds - Continued

Paper2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-13 181.8 187.9 190.3 12.5 1.3 1.0 1.7 1.3

Paperboard2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-14 209.7 226.3 228.9 12.7 1.1 0.8 6.9 1.1

Paper boxes and containers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-15-03 203.1 207.7 214.3 8.3 3.2 0.5 1.4 3.2

Building paper and board2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-2 165.9 173.5 173.6 11.1 0.1 -1.7 0.8 0.1

Commercial printing (June 1982=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-37 169.3 170.5 170.9 2.8 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2

Foundry and forge shop products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15 187.1 202.5 203.4 18.1 0.4 4.5 1.6 0.4

Steel mill products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17 229.9 258.3 249.1 38.2 -3.6 1.7 2.2 -3.6

Primary nonferrous metals2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22 303.3 284.3 252.8 -6.1 -11.1 3.2 -5.7 -11.1

Aluminum mill shapes2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25-01 195.4 197.8 192.2 4.1 -2.8 0.5 0.7 -2.8

Copper and brass mill shapes2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25-02 450.9 437.6 398.1 -2.9 -9.0 2.8 -2.1 -9.0

Titanium mill shapes2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25-05 251.9 255.3 246.9 -14.3 -3.3 0.0 4.5 -3.3

Nonferrous wire and cable2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26 265.0 264.8 259.4 5.4 -2.0 1.8 0.4 -2.0

Metal containers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3 142.1 147.6 148.3 10.7 0.5 2.7 0.4 0.5

Hardware2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4 187.9 194.2 194.4 7.6 0.1 0.6 2.1 0.1

Plumbing fixtures and brass fittings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5 228.0 229.7 229.7 3.3 0.0 1.5 -0.4 0.4

Heating equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6 202.2 212.6 215.9 9.8 1.6 3.7 0.3 1.5

Fabricated structural metal products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7 204.9 215.7 218.6 16.2 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.3

Fabricated ferrous wire products (June 1982=100)2

. . . . . . . . . . 10-88 200.6 215.6 215.3 27.7 -0.1 6.0 4.0 -0.1

Other misc metal products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-89 150.0 154.4 155.1 6.5 0.5 2.8 0.4 0.5

Mechanical power transmission equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-45 214.0 223.2 225.5 9.5 1.0 2.1 0.7 1.1

Air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-48 161.1 165.9 166.6 5.2 0.4 1.2 1.4 0.5

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

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-49-02 238.1 241.9 242.3 5.6 0.2 1.0 -0.1 0.2

Ball and roller bearings2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-49-05 207.1 216.9 218.9 8.0 0.9 4.1 0.0 0.9

Wiring devices2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-71 206.7 210.1 210.9 7.4 0.4 1.4 -0.1 0.4

Motors, generators, motor generator sets2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-73 179.8 183.5 184.0 5.9 0.3 1.4 0.3 0.3

Switchgear, switchboard, etc, equipment2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-75 193.5 195.4 196.0 2.5 0.3 0.0 -0.1 0.3

Electronic components and accessories2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-78 77.3 77.3 77.2 -3.7 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1

Internal combustion engines2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-94 155.6 157.4 157.4 1.5 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.0

Machine shop products2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-95 171.3 171.6 172.2 8.0 0.3 -0.1 0.2 0.3

Flat glass2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11 113.7 118.0 116.3 1.8 -1.4 2.3 0.6 -1.4

Cement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-22 210.1 210.7 208.6 -1.7 -1.0 -0.9 0.5 -0.8

Concrete products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3 210.0 211.3 212.9 4.3 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.9

Asphalt felts and coatings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6 159.8 209.6 219.8 51.6 4.9 10.9 13.0 4.7

Gypsum products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7 207.8 219.7 215.9 1.7 -1.7 1.3 4.7 -1.7

Glass containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8 170.2 172.9 173.9 5.7 0.6 1.9 -0.5 0.7

Motor vehicle parts2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-12 118.8 120.8 121.0 2.3 0.2 1.2 0.4 0.2

Aircraft engines & engine parts (Dec 1985=100). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-23 185.3 186.0 186.2 3.6 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4

Aircraft parts & aux. equip.,nec (June 1985=100)2

. . . . . . . . . . . 14-25 164.1 166.8 166.6 5.4 -0.1 0.1 1.5 -0.1

Photographic supplies2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-42 125.5 127.1 127.2 2.9 0.1 0.0 1.3 0.1

Medical/surgical/personal aid devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-6 165.8 165.9 166.3 1.8 0.2 0.5 -0.2 0.2

Crude materials for further processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293.1 280.0 257.8 26.0 -7.9 4.2 -11.9 -7.9

Crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.2 170.4 168.0 10.6 -1.4 0.1 -5.2 -1.1

Wheat2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-21 249.4 220.7 198.6 -7.8 -10.0 -9.1 1.6 -10.0

Corn2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-22-02 228.3 205.4 201.4 62.2 -1.9 -6.1 -14.6 -1.9

Slaughter cattle2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-31 139.0 148.0 144.9 6.1 -2.1 4.5 2.2 -2.1

Slaughter hogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-32 95.6 107.2 90.1 18.4 -16.0 -2.1 20.1 -10.8

Slaughter broilers/fryers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-41-02 213.5 208.5 204.6 -3.5 -1.9 3.6 -9.0 -1.0

Slaughter turkeys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-42 169.4 186.9 194.4 8.5 4.0 -0.1 -0.3 -2.0

Fluid milk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-6 138.0 138.6 134.8 -17.0 -2.7 -0.5 -5.7 -4.4

Soybeans2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-83-01-31 226.9 203.0 200.6 38.1 -1.2 7.0 -21.8 -1.2

Cane sugar, raw (Dec 2003=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-52-01-03 118.4 123.9 124.0 2.2 0.1 3.0 1.6 0.1

Crude nonfood materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382.4 360.5 320.8 35.1 -11.0 6.0 -14.8 -10.9

Raw cotton2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-51 100.8 99.0 107.6 24.2 8.7 1.9 -1.5 8.7

Hides and skins2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-1 195.0 199.6 202.3 0.2 1.4 0.0 -0.7 1.4

Coal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-1 164.8 169.9 171.1 30.8 0.7 2.1 2.7 0.7

Natural gas2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-31 437.0 389.9 325.5 50.1 -16.5 7.8 -23.9 -16.5

Crude petroleum2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-61 349.5 320.6 291.6 35.9 -9.0 6.7 -17.6 -9.0

Logs, timber, etc2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-5 221.8 220.0 218.8 2.7 -0.5 0.1 -1.2 -0.5

Wastepaper2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-12 414.3 401.0 394.0 -1.0 -1.7 1.5 -0.5 -1.7

Iron ore2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11 145.2 145.2 145.2 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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 Sept. 2008

from:

Seasonally adjusted percent change

from:

May 20081 Aug.

20081

Sept.

20081 Sept. 2007 Aug. 2008 June toJuly

July to

Aug.

Aug. to

Sept.

Crude nonfood materials - Continued

Iron and steel scrap2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12 751.5 786.6 610.7 47.9 -22.4 5.2 -3.7 -22.4

Nonferrous metal ores (Dec 1983=100)2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21 271.8 275.6 256.5 -1.0 -6.9 3.9 -1.9 -6.9

Copper base scrap2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23-01 599.3 551.4 526.3 4.2 -4.6 1.8 -5.1 -4.6

Aluminum base scrap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23-02 306.4 309.1 287.0 9.2 -7.1 5.8 -2.3 -6.3

Construction sand, gravel, and crushed stone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-21 246.0 250.7 251.1 6.9 0.2 -0.2 1.3 0.4

Industrial sand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-99-01 221.2 220.9 220.7 15.5 -0.1 6.6 0.2 0.3

1 The indexes for May 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

May 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008

All commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196.6 199.9 197.2

Major commodity groups

Farm products and processed foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.1 179.3 178.8

Farm products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01 169.7 164.5 164.1

Processed foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 180.8 187.4 186.7

Industrial commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.0 203.5 200.4

Textile products and apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03 128.2 130.1 131.0

Hides, skins, leather, and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 172.9 175.4 175.5

Fuels and related products and power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 243.2 239.5 230.2

Chemicals and allied products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06 246.5 268.7 266.5

Rubber and plastic products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07 162.8 169.1 171.3

Lumber and wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08 193.8 193.7 193.8

Pulp, paper, and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09 225.2 230.0 231.4

Metals and metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 223.4 232.2 223.8

Machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 129.2 130.8 131.0

Furniture and household durables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 147.3 149.9 150.8

Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 192.1 203.1 204.7

Transportation equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 157.5 157.3 157.6

Miscellaneous products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 216.4 219.1 219.3

Industrial commodities less fuels and related products and power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181.8 187.5 186.6

Other commodity groupings

Fruits and melons, fresh and dry vegetables, and tree nuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-1 157.2 138.1 158.9

Grains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-2 233.4 210.2 202.4

Slaughter livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-3 131.4 141.6 133.8

Slaughter poultry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-4 201.9 201.2 199.5

Plant and animal fibers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-5 101.7 99.9 108.6

Chicken eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-7 153.4 163.7 191.8

Hay, hayseeds, and oilseeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-8 260.1 238.5 238.0

Oilseeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01-83 244.2 218.8 219.4

Cereal and bakery products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-1 230.2 232.7 229.9

Meats, poultry, and fish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-2 151.1 160.9 160.1

Processed poultry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-22 139.6 140.5 141.2

Sugar and confectionery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-5 177.9 182.4 182.9

Beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-6 172.2 173.9 174.1

Packaged beverage materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-63 175.4 177.9 180.3

Fats and oils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02-7 318.2 319.6 301.3

Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03-81 127.7 128.5 128.2

Other leather and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-4 158.3 159.9 159.4

Gas fuels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-3 433.4 390.3 331.1

Electric power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-4 173.8 183.5 182.7

Refined petroleum products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05-7 321.7 314.3 312.1

Drugs and pharmaceuticals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-3 340.3 343.4 348.9

Agricultural chemicals and products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-5 256.8 333.5 336.9

Other chemicals and allied products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06-7 168.9 175.0 176.5

Rubber and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-1 148.4 158.2 160.7

Rubber, except natural rubber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-11 187.9 221.6 234.1

Miscellaneous rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-13 160.1 165.8 166.8

Plastic products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-2 173.6 179.0 181.1

Lumber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08-1 169.1 167.9 166.9

Pulp, paper, and products, excluding building paper and board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-1 196.1 203.7 206.6

Converted paper and paperboard products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09-15 194.8 201.0 206.1

Iron and steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1 270.6 296.4 273.3

Nonferrous metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2 267.1 261.0 247.3

Nonferrous mill shapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25 229.2 225.8 212.0

Metalworking machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3 167.7 170.5 171.3

General purpose machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4 190.5 196.4 197.9

Special industry machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-6 186.8 188.3 188.7

Electrical machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7 113.5 114.0 114.0

Miscellaneous machinery and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9 163.7 167.6 167.7

Other household durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6 172.5 174.6 175.6

Concrete ingredients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2 228.8 231.9 231.4

Motor vehicles and equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1 133.3 132.0 132.1

Toys, sporting goods, small arms, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1 143.2 145.3 145.9

Photographic equipment and supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-4 111.3 112.8 113.0

Other miscellaneous products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-9 161.3 163.4 162.9

1 Data for May 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.

2 Prices of some items in this grouping are lagged 1 month.

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Total mining, utilities, and manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 114.4 117.2 116.6 11.7 -0.5

Total mining industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/84 329.0 306.9 276.2 28.9 -10.0

Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 12/85 436.2 395.4 345.1 34.7 -12.7

Mining (except oil & gas). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 12/03 184.7 191.6 189.4 16.8 -1.1

Mining support activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 12/03 172.2 178.8 178.3 5.1 -0.3

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 12/03 137.0 146.2 140.7 8.8 -3.8

Total manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/84 179.4 183.0 183.1 11.9 0.1

Food mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 12/84 174.0 180.8 180.2 12.1 -0.3

Beverage & tobacco mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 12/03 114.2 114.9 115.2 4.4 0.3

Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 12/84 111.4 113.9 115.1 5.9 1.1

Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314 12/03 111.4 113.0 113.8 3.5 0.7

Apparel manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 12/03 102.2 102.8 102.6 1.3 -0.2

Leather and allied product manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 12/84 152.4 154.8 154.2 2.8 -0.4

Wood product manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 12/03 108.2 109.2 109.6 2.2 0.4

Paper manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 12/03 120.5 124.2 126.5 9.0 1.9

Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 12/03 109.2 110.4 110.5 3.3 0.1

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 12/84 384.1 383.9 381.6 42.7 -0.6

Chemical mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 12/84 224.5 240.0 241.2 17.7 0.5

Plastics and rubber products mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 12/84 158.3 165.0 166.4 10.1 0.8

Nonmetallic mineral product mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 12/84 169.6 171.9 172.8 3.7 0.5

Primary metal mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 12/84 221.1 235.1 227.4 20.4 -3.3

Fabricated metal product mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 12/84 173.0 178.9 180.3 10.7 0.8

Machinery mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 12/03 115.8 118.5 119.0 5.8 0.4

Computer & electronic product mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 12/03 92.8 93.0 92.9 -0.4 -0.1

Electrical equipment, appliance & component mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 12/03 127.8 129.9 129.9 5.0 0.0

Transportation equipment mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 12/03 106.6 106.3 106.5 2.6 0.2

Furniture & related product mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 12/84 170.2 172.7 173.6 4.6 0.5

Miscellaneous mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 12/03 109.4 110.8 110.7 3.4 -0.1

Total trade industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 107.0 112.4 111.1 7.0 -1.2

Total wholesale trade industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 107.8 115.8 112.5 9.9 -2.8

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 06/04 114.7 123.1 122.1 10.5 -0.8

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 06/05 119.0 128.7 121.4 9.4 -5.7

Wholesale trade agents and brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425 06/05 110.6 112.0 111.6 4.3 -0.4

Total retail trade industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 106.6 110.1 110.2 5.2 0.1

Motor vehicle and parts dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 12/03 118.3 118.8 118.7 2.3 -0.1

Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 12/03 120.2 120.8 122.0 2.5 1.0

Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 12/03 118.7 109.9 109.5 1.6 -0.4

Bldg material and garden equip and supp dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 12/03 117.8 120.0 122.0 1.6 1.7

Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 12/99 148.8 150.0 148.9 6.7 -0.7

Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 12/03 127.3 133.1 134.2 8.3 0.8

Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 06/01 59.3 84.3 85.3 15.7 1.2

Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 12/03 111.9 111.0 112.4 4.1 1.3

Sporting goods hobby, book and music stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 12/03 111.4 113.9 114.9 8.7 0.9

General merchandise stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 12/03 114.1 111.4 110.3 0.1 -1.0

Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 12/03 136.5 167.6 159.5 26.6 -4.8

Transportation and warehousing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 112.7 116.1 115.0 10.0 -0.9

Transportation industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 112.6 116.2 114.7 11.0 -1.3

Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481 12/92 203.7 213.0 208.8 15.7 -2.0

Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 12/96 156.4 163.2 163.9 13.7 0.4

Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483 12/03 124.7 132.2 134.6 16.7 1.8

Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 12/03 124.5 127.1 124.8 8.1 -1.8

Pipeline transportation of crude oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486110 06/86 149.9 156.1 156.1 8.9 0.0

Refined petroleum product pipeline transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486910 06/86 136.5 141.8 141.8 5.1 0.0

Transportation support activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 12/03 112.7 113.0 112.7 5.0 -0.3

Delivery and warehouse industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 112.9 115.5 115.6 7.1 0.1

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

Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 12/03 141.7 148.2 148.4 11.9 0.1

Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 12/06 105.6 107.4 107.2 3.4 -0.2

Total traditional service industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 102.0 102.5 102.3 0.1 -0.2

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 102.2 102.5 102.1 0.7 -0.4

Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 12/03 110.7 111.3 110.3 1.8 -0.9

Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 12/03 105.5 104.3 104.3 4.7 0.0

Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 12/03 101.3 101.7 101.4 -0.6 -0.3

ISPs and Web search portals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5181 06/04 73.5 73.5 73.6 1.5 0.1

Data processing and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5182 12/03 100.8 101.1 101.1 0.7 0.0

See footnotes at end of table.

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

adjusted — Continued

Industry1

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May 20082 Aug. 20082 Sept. 20082 Sept. 2007 Aug. 2008

Selected health care industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 104.5 104.8 104.9 2.3 0.1

Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6211 12/96 123.2 123.4 123.4 0.4 0.0

Medical and diagnostic laboratories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6215 12/03 106.9 106.9 106.9 -0.7 0.0

Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6216 12/96 125.4 126.8 126.4 1.9 -0.3

Blood and organ banks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621991 06/06 105.6 106.8 107.0 2.8 0.2

Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 12/92 162.7 163.1 163.4 3.3 0.2

Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6231 12/03 118.6 119.4 119.4 3.1 0.0

Residential mental retardation facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62321 12/03 118.5 118.1 118.3 4.2 0.2

Other selected traditional service industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/06 101.1 101.7 101.5 -0.8 -0.2

Depository credit intermediation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5221 12/03 102.8 102.1 103.0 -11.5 0.9

Security, commodity contracts and like activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 12/03 119.6 119.4 119.0 -1.7 -0.3

Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524 12/03 109.8 110.2 110.2 1.9 0.0

Lessors of nonres bldg (exc miniwarehouse). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53112 12/03 110.5 111.5 111.9 2.7 0.4

Lessors of miniwarehouse and self storage units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53113 12/03 111.4 115.4 115.8 3.2 0.3

Offices of real estate agents and brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5312 12/03 106.9 105.4 105.5 -4.7 0.1

Automotive equipment rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5321 06/01 122.0 133.4 128.8 9.9 -3.4

Other heavy machinery rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532412 12/03 119.0 117.5 116.6 -1.6 -0.8

Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5411 12/96 160.9 161.7 161.5 4.7 -0.1

Architectural, engineering and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5413 12/96 140.5 141.5 141.6 0.6 0.1

Management and technical consulting services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5416 06/06 105.4 106.1 106.1 2.9 0.0

Advertising agencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54181 12/03 106.3 105.7 106.3 1.1 0.6

Employment services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5613 12/96 122.7 123.5 123.2 1.0 -0.2

Travel agencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56151 12/03 98.8 98.8 99.9 -1.0 1.1

Janitorial services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56172 12/03 109.0 109.8 109.5 2.5 -0.3

Waste collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5621 12/03 111.9 113.1 113.9 4.6 0.7

Computer training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61142 06/06 109.9 110.3 110.3 5.8 0.0

Amusement and theme parks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71311 06/06 108.6 111.4 111.8 4.4 0.4

Golf courses and country clubs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71391 12/05 106.4 107.0 107.1 2.4 0.1

Fitness and recreational sports centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71394 12/04 100.9 101.1 100.6 -0.1 -0.5

Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721 12/96 144.9 152.4 144.7 -0.2 -5.1

Commercial machinery repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8113 06/06 105.2 106.7 106.5 2.8 -0.2

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 May 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

Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 Aug. 2008 Sept. 2008

Finished goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.1 178.6 181.7 183.9 182.2 181.5

Finished consumer goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185.3 188.7 192.8 195.2 192.9 191.7

Finished consumer foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.2 177.3 180.1 180.6 181.2 181.5

Crude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.0 174.9 189.3 170.8 164.4 170.8

Processed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.6 177.6 179.2 181.5 182.8 182.6

Finished consumer goods, excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.4 192.8 197.5 200.7 197.2 195.4

Nondurable goods less foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.7 216.3 223.3 227.7 222.4 219.4

Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140.5 140.5 140.7 141.6 141.4 141.9

Capital equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152.5 152.9 153.1 154.3 154.5 155.2

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155.9 156.4 157.1 158.0 158.7 159.5

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151.3 151.6 151.7 153.0 153.0 153.7

Intermediate materials, supplies, and components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.1 192.2 196.1 201.4 199.4 197.1

Materials and components for manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.4 179.0 181.6 186.5 190.6 187.2

Materials for food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.6 182.2 185.1 186.7 186.6 184.6

Materials for nondurable manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209.3 215.7 220.1 232.0 244.1 237.1

Materials for durable manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205.4 211.7 216.1 219.3 220.1 213.1

Components for manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138.6 139.4 139.9 141.4 142.1 142.6

Materials and components for construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.0 203.2 206.2 209.8 213.0 214.4

Processed fuels and lubricants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210.6 224.2 234.6 243.2 220.4 214.6

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.5 211.1 217.8 226.8 214.8 209.4

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.2 230.1 242.0 250.5 223.4 217.3

Containers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.0 187.6 188.5 191.7 194.3 198.2

Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171.2 173.0 174.3 177.8 179.4 180.0

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.4 169.0 169.7 171.4 172.7 174.2

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.5 172.5 174.0 177.8 179.6 179.9

Feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.3 186.1 187.3 205.8 204.6 203.7

Other supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.6 172.2 173.7 175.9 178.0 178.5

Crude materials for further processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274.9 291.7 303.8 316.5 278.8 256.9

Foodstuffs and feedstuffs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169.8 171.4 176.8 177.0 167.8 165.9

Nonfood materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351.3 381.6 399.1 423.1 360.6 321.2

Nonfood materials except fuel2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348.6 371.6 381.6 401.4 358.9 326.3

Manufacturing2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325.0 346.6 356.0 374.6 334.7 304.1

Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199.1 199.9 198.5 201.6 200.4 199.8

Crude fuel3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328.0 368.6 397.8 426.7 335.5 287.4

Manufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310.9 348.5 375.5 402.4 318.4 274.1

Nonmanufacturing industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335.5 377.1 407.0 436.7 343.1 293.8

Special groupings

Finished goods, excluding foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.7 178.7 181.9 184.5 182.2 181.2

Intermediate materials less foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187.4 192.6 196.6 201.8 199.7 197.4

Intermediate foods and feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.7 184.1 186.4 193.9 193.5 191.8

Crude materials less agricultural products2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361.4 393.4 411.9 436.9 371.5 330.2

Finished energy goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179.5 189.1 199.4 205.5 196.1 190.5

Finished goods less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168.2 168.8 169.9 170.9 171.3 171.9

Finished consumer goods less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175.1 175.9 177.3 178.2 178.7 179.3

Finished goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165.8 166.2 166.7 167.8 168.2 168.9

Finished consumer goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.8 175.4 176.0 177.1 177.5 178.3

Consumer nondurable goods less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204.3 205.4 206.5 207.7 208.9 209.9

Intermediate energy goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.2 225.6 236.7 246.9 226.6 217.9

Intermediate materials less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.3 181.3 183.3 187.3 190.2 189.5

Intermediate materials less foods and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178.2 181.2 183.2 186.9 190.0 189.4

Crude energy materials2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.5 385.8 409.7 438.1 352.9 311.7

Crude materials less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219.6 222.3 227.3 230.3 221.3 212.0

Crude nonfood materials less energy3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.1 371.3 374.1 387.0 379.8 344.1

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 May 2008 have

been recalculated to incorporate late reports and corrections by respondents.

2 Includes crude petroleum.

3 Excludes crude petroleum.

′′-′′ Data not available.

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