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                  Producer Price Indexes -- December 2001

     The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.7 percent in
December, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today.  The December decline follows decreases
of 0.6 percent in November and 1.6 percent in October.  Prices received by
producers of intermediate goods decreased 0.9 percent, following a 0.5-
percent decline in the prior month.  The crude goods index dropped 9.5
percent, after posting a 7.3-percent rise in November.  (See table A.)

 Table A.  Monthly and annual percent changes in selected stage-of-processing price
 indexes, seasonally adjusted
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|        |                                                         |         |         |
|        |                   Finished  goods                       |         |         |
|        |                                                         |         |         |
|        |---------------------------------------------------------|         |         |
|        |          |          |          |         |  Change in   |         |         |
|        |          |          |          | Except  |finished goods| Inter-  |         |
|        |          |          |          |foods and|from 12 months| mediate |  Crude  |
| Month  |  Total   |  Foods   |  Energy  | energy  |  ago(unadj.) | goods   |  goods  |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 2000                                                         
   Dec.       0.1      -0.3         0.8       0.1          3.6          0.4       9.3
                                                                                     
 2001                                                                                
   Jan.       1.1        .9         4.4        .5          4.8           .8      17.5
   Feb.        .1        .8          .4       -.3          4.0          -.2     -14.5
   Mar.       -.1        .9        -2.4        .1          3.0          -.3      -6.7
   Apr.        .5        .6         1.1        .3          3.7          -.1        .5
   May         .1       -.2          .4        .2          3.9           .1      -2.2
   June       -.4       -.2        -2.5        .1          2.6          -.2      -8.1
   July      -1.2       -.4        -7.6        .1          1.4         -1.2      -5.4
   Aug.      r .4        .7       r 1.3      r .1        r 2.0        r -.3     r -.7
   Sept.     r .5        .2       r 2.2      r .1          1.6         r .2    r -3.7
   Oct.      -1.6       -.4        -7.7       -.5          -.4         -1.5      -9.1
   Nov.       -.6       -.8        -3.8        .2         -1.1          -.5       7.3
   Dec.       -.7       -.1        -4.0       -.1         -1.8          -.9      -9.5
r=revised.  Some of the figures shown above and elsewhere in this release may differ 
from those previously reported because data for August 2001 have been revised to 
reflect the availability of late reports and corrections by respondents.
                                    
                                      -2-
                                     
     Over three fourths of the decrease in December's finished goods index
can be traced to falling energy prices -- which declined 4.0 percent,
following a 3.8-percent decrease in November.  The index for finished goods
other than foods and energy declined 0.1 percent in December, following a
0.2-percent gain in November.  Finished consumer foods prices decreased 0.1
percent in December, following a 0.8-percent decline a month earlier.

     Before seasonal adjustment, the Producer Price Index for Finished
Goods decreased 0.9 percent to stand at 137.2 (1982=100).  From December
2000 to December 2001, finished goods prices fell 1.8 percent -- the
largest 12-month rate of decline since a 2.3-percent drop for the 12 months
ended in December 1986.  This index rose 3.6 percent during 2000.  Prices
for finished energy goods turned down 17.2 percent in 2001, following a
16.6-percent advance in the previous calendar year.  For the 12 months
ended in December 2001, the index for finished goods other than foods and
energy rose 0.7 percent, after posting a 1.3-percent gain in 2000.  Prices
for finished consumer foods advanced at about the same rate in 2001 as in
the prior calendar year -- 1.8 and 1.7 percent, respectively.  At the
earlier stages of processing, the intermediate goods index decreased 4.0
percent from December 2000 to December 2001, after registering a 4.1-
percent rise during 2000.  Prices received by producers of crude materials
for further processing dropped 32.4 percent in 2001, following a 35.5-
percent increase in the prior calendar year.  (See summary below.)
     
Summary of December-to-December and 3-month seasonally adjusted annual rates for selected 
stages of process 
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|                               |     Percentage     |                                    |
|                               |      change 12     |  Seasonally adjusted annual rate   |
|                               |    months ended    |       for 3 months ended in:       |
|           Grouping            |     in December    |                                    |
|                               |--------------------|------------------------------------|
|                               |      |      |      |                                    |
|                               | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |  Mar.   |  June  |  Sept. |  Dec.  |
|                               |      |      |      |  2001   |  2001  |  2001  |  2001  |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Finished goods                    2.9    3.6   -1.8     4.7      0.9     -1.4     -10.8
   Finished consumer foods          .8    1.7    1.8    10.5       .9      2.0      -5.2
   Finished energy goods          18.1   16.6  -17.2     9.5     -4.2    -16.3     -47.0
   Finished goods less foods           
   and energy                       .9    1.3     .7     1.3      2.2      1.3      -1.8
     Finished consumer goods,      
     excluding foods and energy    1.2    1.4    1.3     2.3      2.8      1.3      -1.3
     Capital equipment              .3    1.2    -.1     0         .6      1.7      -2.8
                                                                     
 Intermediate materials,           
 supplies, and components          3.7    4.1   -4.0     1.2      -.6     -5.1     -11.0      
   Intermediate foods and feeds   -4.2    3.6     .5     2.5      5.7      8.2     -12.8
   Intermediate energy goods      19.6   19.0  -17.2     -.4      -.7    -15.6     -43.2
   Intermediate materials less     
   foods and energy                1.9    1.6   -1.6     1.5      -.9     -3.7      -3.2 
     Materials for nondurable      
     manufacturing                 4.0    4.1   -5.4     7.1     -8.3     -8.4     -10.9
     Materials for durable         
     manufacturing                 2.4     .2   -3.9    -3.4      -.6     -6.2      -5.4         
     Materials and components      
     for construction              2.2     .1    0        .5      3.5     -2.1      -1.8
                                                                     
 Crude materials for further      
 processing                       15.3   35.5  -32.4   -22.7    -33.2    -33.3     -39.1
    Foodstuffs and feedstuffs      -.1    7.4   -7.4    15.6     -6.8      4.2     -34.5
    Crude energy materials        36.9   85.6  -53.0   -42.4    -52.0    -61.6     -53.9
    Crude nonfood materials       
    less energy                   14.0   -5.5   -9.9   -10.8    -15.0     -4.5      -9.3  
NOTE: Late reports and corrections by respondents may cause some indexes to change 4 
months after original publication.  In addition, seasonally adjusted indexes may be 
revised for 5 years due to the recalculation of seasonal factors each January.

                                    -3-
                                     
Finished goods

     Prices for finished energy goods fell 4.0 percent in December, after
decreasing 3.8-percent in November.  The gasoline and liquefied petroleum
gas indexes led December's decline -- tumbling 8.2 and 19.3 percent,
respectively.  Falling prices for home heating oil, residential natural
gas, diesel fuel, and residential electric power also contributed to the
decrease for the finished energy goods index.
     
     The index for finished consumer goods other than foods and energy
turned down 0.1 percent in December, after rising 0.3 percent in November.
Passenger car prices fell 0.7 percent, following a 0.9-percent advance in
the prior month.  The index for cigarettes showed no change, after
increasing in November.  December light motor truck prices declined at a
faster pace than they did a month earlier.  The indexes for men's and boys'
apparel, textile housefurnishings, women's apparel, and floor coverings
turned down in December.  Conversely, book publishing prices increased 1.1
percent in December, compared with a 1.0-percent decline in the previous
month.  The indexes for sanitary papers and health products, pharmaceutical
preparations, and newspaper circulation also turned up, after falling in
November.  During the 2001 calendar year, prices for finished consumer
goods other than foods and energy increased 1.3 percent, following a 1.4-
percent hike in 2000.
     
Table B.  Monthly and annual percent changes in selected price indexes for 
intermediate goods and crude goods, seasonally adjusted
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|      |                                     |                                     |
|      |       Intermediate goods            |       Crude goods                   |
|      |                                     |                                     |
|      |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      |       |        |         |Change in |       |         |         | Change  |
|      |       |        |         | interme- |       |         |         |in crude |
|      |       |        |         |  diate   |       |         |         | goods   |
|      |       |        |         |goods from|       |         |         | from 12 |
|      |       |        | Except  |12 months |       |         | Except  | months  |
|      |       |        |foods and|   ago    |       | Energy  |foods and|  ago    |
|Month | Foods | Energy | energy  | (unadj.) | Foods | (unadj.)| energy  |(unadj.) |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 2000                                                                    
   Dec.    1.8     1.4      0.0        4.1       3.6     15.8       0.4      35.5
                                                                                
 2001                                                                            
   Jan.    1.4     4.1       .1        4.6       1.6     31.7         0      55.7
   Feb.   -1.1    -1.7       .1        3.5      -1.3    -23.0      -1.8      28.0
   Mar.     .4    -2.4       .1        2.3       3.4    -14.0      -1.0      17.1
   Apr.    -.1     -.1      -.1        2.1       -.5      2.1      -2.4      19.6
   May      .4      .6        0        2.3      -1.3     -3.2       -.6      13.3
   June    1.0     -.6      -.1        1.2         0    -15.8      -1.1      -4.0
   July     .7    -5.3      -.5        -.2      r .4    -12.4        .8      -7.3
   Aug.    1.7   r -.6    r -.4      r -.2     r -.4    r -.5    r -1.8    r -4.5
   Sept.   -.4   r 1.8      -.1        -.8       1.0   r -9.7     r -.1     -14.3
   Oct.    -.8    -7.6      -.4       -2.4      -2.6    -19.2      -1.7     -25.0
   Nov.   -1.5    -1.6      -.2       -2.9      -5.9     28.3       -.8     -18.4
   Dec.   -1.0    -4.5      -.2       -4.0      -1.9    -20.5        .1     -32.4
r=revised.  Some of the figures shown above and elsewhere in this release may 
differ from those previously reported because data for August 2001 have been 
revised to reflect the availability of late reports and corrections by respondents.

                                    -4-
                                     
     Capital equipment prices inched down 0.1 percent in December, after
rising 0.1 percent a month earlier.  The index for passenger cars declined
0.7 percent, following a 0.9-percent gain in November.  Prices for light
motor trucks and electronic computers fell more quickly in December than
they did in the prior month.  The index for communication and related
equipment rose less than it did in November.  Prices for agricultural
machinery and equipment and for construction machinery and equipment turned
down from last month's increases.  By contrast, the index for civilian
aircraft advanced 0.2 percent in December, following a 0.2-percent decline
in November.  Prices for heavy motor trucks, office and store machines and
equipment, and industrial material handling equipment also turned up, after
falling in the previous month.  The index for x-ray and electromedical
equipment rose, following no change in November.  For the 12 months ended
December 2001, capital equipment prices decreased 0.1 percent, after
increasing 1.2 percent during the previous calendar year.
     
     Prices for finished consumer foods edged down 0.1 percent in December,
after registering a 0.8-percent decline in November.  Falling prices for
dairy products, eggs for fresh use, pork, finfish and shellfish, and
processed young chickens slightly outweighed price increases for fresh
fruits and melons, fresh and dry vegetables, beef and veal, processed
fruits and vegetables, and confectionery end products.

Intermediate goods

     The Producer Price Index for Intermediate Materials, Supplies, and
Components moved down 0.9 percent in December, seasonally adjusted,
following a 0.5-percent drop in November.  Prices for intermediate energy
goods fell more in December than they did in the previous month.  The index
for materials and components for construction declined this month, after
showing no movement in November.  On the other hand, prices for materials
for durable manufacturing, intermediate foods and feeds, and materials for
nondurable manufacturing all decreased less in December than they did in
the preceding month.  For the second straight month, the index for
intermediate materials other than foods and energy fell at a 0.2-percent
rate.  (See table B.)

     The index for intermediate energy materials decreased 4.5 percent in
December, after registering a 1.6-percent decline in November.  This faster
rate of decline was led by diesel fuel prices, which fell 19.5 percent in
December and 1.8-percent in the previous month.  Prices for liquefied
petroleum gas, jet fuels, and commercial natural gas also decreased more
rapidly than they did in November.  The indexes for commercial electric
power, industrial electric power, and industrial natural gas fell in
December, after increasing a month earlier.  Residual fuel prices fell,
after showing no change in November.  On the other hand, the index for
gasoline declined 8.2 percent in December, after dropping 10.3 percent in
November.  Prices for natural gas to electric utilities also decreased at a
slower pace.  From December 2000 to December 2001, the intermediate energy
goods index fell 17.2 percent, following a 19.0-percent gain in 2000.

     Prices for materials and components for construction declined 0.2
percent in December, after posting no change in the preceding month.  The
gypsum products index fell 3.3 percent, following a 9.1-percent increase in
November.  Prices for softwood lumber and plywood decreased faster in
December than they did in the prior month.  The index for asphalt felts and
coatings increased at a slower rate than it did in November, while prices
for plumbing fixtures and brass fittings fell, after rising a month
earlier.  By contrast, the index for plastic construction products turned
up 0.2 percent in December, compared with a 0.7-percent decrease in the
previous month.  The indexes for fabricated ferrous wire products and for
nonferrous wire and cable also increased, after decreasing in the preceding
month.  Millwork prices declined less rapidly in December than they did in
November.  Prices for fabricated structural metal products rose in
December, after registering no change a month earlier.  The index for
materials and components for construction showed no change for the 12
months ended in December 2001, following a 0.1-percent increase in the
prior year.
           
                                   -5-
                                     
     The index for materials for durable manufacturing fell 0.2 percent,
after registering a 0.6-percent drop in November.  In December, price
declines for steel mill products, plywood, flat glass, and hardwood lumber
outweighed price gains for primary aluminum, building paper and board, and
prepared paint.  The index for durable manufacturing materials declined 3.9
percent for the 12 months ended December 2001, following a 0.2-percent
increase during 2000.

     Subsequent to a 1.5-percent drop in November, the index for
intermediate foods and feeds fell 1.0 percent in December.  Prices for
natural, processed, and imitation cheese decreased 0.6 percent, after
declining 8.2 percent in the prior month.  The index for beef and veal
advanced 1.7 percent, following a 6.3-percent decline in November.  Prices
for refined sugar and for dry milk products also increased in December,
after falling a month earlier.  The butter index decreased at a slower pace
in December than it did in the preceding month.  Conversely, fluid milk
prices fell 7.0 percent, after edging down 0.1 percent a month earlier.
The indexes for pork and flour turned down in December.  Confectionery
materials prices advanced less than they did in the previous month, while
the index for crude vegetable oils showed no change, after increasing in
November.  Prices for intermediate foods and feeds rose 0.5 percent during
calendar-year 2001, after posting a 3.6-percent advance in the previous
calendar year.

     The index for materials for nondurable manufacturing declined 0.9
percent in December, following a 1.0-percent drop in November.  In
December, price declines for primary basic organic chemicals, plastic
resins and materials, fertilizer materials, and basic inorganic chemicals
outweighed price increases for paperboard, inedible fats and oils, gray
fabrics, and woodpulp.  During 2001, prices for materials for nondurable
manufacturing fell 5.4 percent, after increasing 4.1 percent in 2000.

Crude goods

     The Producer Price Index for Crude Materials for Further Processing
turned down 9.5 percent, following a 7.3-percent increase in November.
Prices for crude energy materials also fell in December, after rising in
the previous month.  On the other hand, the crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs
index decreased less than it did in November.  Prices for basic industrial
materials edged up, after declining in the prior month.  (See table B.)

     The index for crude energy materials declined 20.5 percent in
December, following a 28.3-percent gain in November.  Prices for natural
gas dropped 24.7 percent, after jumping 80.0 percent in the prior month.
The crude petroleum index fell 21.6 percent, following a 7.4-percent
decrease in November.  Coal prices turned down 5.5 percent, after
increasing 4.7 percent in the previous month.  The crude energy materials
index declined 53.0 percent during 2001, following an 85.6-percent advance
in 2000.

     Prices for crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs decreased 1.9 percent in
December, after falling 5.9 percent in November.  The fluid milk index
declined 2.9 percent, after dropping 11.8 percent in the prior month.
December prices for slaughter hogs also fell less than they did a month
earlier.  Prices for slaughter cattle, corn, and for fresh and dry
vegetables turned up, after decreasing in November.  The index for fresh
fruits and melons rose more than it did in the previous month.  By
contrast, the wheat index moved down 0.3 percent, after posting a 3.9-
percent gain in November.  Slaughter turkey prices also turned down in
December.  The indexes for unprocessed finfish, alfalfa hay, and soybeans
decreased at a faster rate then they did in November.  Prices for
unprocessed shellfish advanced less than they did in the prior month.
During 2001, the crude foodstuffs and feedstuffs index declined 7.4
percent, after rising at the same rate in 2000.

                                    -6-
                                     
     The index for crude nonfood materials less energy edged up 0.1 percent
in December, after posting a 0.8-percent decline in November.  In December,
rising prices for raw cotton; aluminum base scrap; pulpwood; construction
sand, gravel, and crushed stone; and softwood logs, bolts, and timber
outweighed falling prices for iron and steel scrap, hides and skins,
phosphates, gold ores, and leaf tobacco.  The basic industrial materials
index decreased 9.9 percent during the 2001 calendar year, compared with a
5.5-percent decline in 2000.

Net output price indexes for mining, manufacturing, and services industries

Mining.  The Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total Domestic
Mining Industries dropped 16.3 percent in December, after posting an 18.3-
percent jump in November.  (Net output price indexes are not seasonally
adjusted.)  A 22.9-percent December decrease in prices received by the
crude petroleum, natural gas, and natural gas liquids industry, which
followed a 29.0-percent increase in November, accounted for most of the
downturn in mining-industry prices.  The industry indexes for bituminous
coal and lignite, oil and gas field exploration services, and crushed and
broken limestone also turned down in December.  Prices received by the
construction sand and gravel industry rose less than they did in the prior
month.  On the other hand, the industry index for oil and gas well drilling
exhibited a slower rate of decline, falling 0.6 percent in December, after
dropping 5.4 percent in November.  Prices received by the gold ores;
potash, soda, and borate minerals; and coal mining services industries also
decreased less than they did in November.  In December, the Producer Price
Index for the Net Output of Total Mining Industries stood at 78.0 (December
1984=100).  From December 2000 to December 2001, this index declined 46.8
percent, following a 69.0-percent advance in 2000.

Manufacturing.  After registering a 0.6-percent decline in November, the
Producer Price Index for the Net Output of Total Domestic Manufacturing
Industries dropped 1.1 percent in December.  A larger decrease in the index
for the petroleum refining and related products industry group -- 13.6
percent in December and 7.0 percent in November -- accounted for most of
the faster rate of decline in total manufacturing industry prices.  Prices
received by the industry groups for transportation equipment and for
apparel turned down, after showing no change in the previous month.  The
industry group index for chemicals and allied products fell more than it
did in November.  Prices received by the tobacco manufactures industry
group showed no change in December, after posting a 1.8-percent rise in
November.  The industry group indexes for printing, publishing, and allied
industries and for non-metallic mineral products moved down, following
November gains.  Prices received by the measuring and controlling
instruments industry group increased less than they did in the prior month.
By contrast, the industry group index for food and kindred products
decreased 0.5 percent, after a 1.1-percent drop in November.  Prices
received by the paper and allied products industry group turned up in
December.  In December, the Producer Price Index for the Net Output of
Total Manufacturing Industries stood at 131.4 (December 1984=100).  This
index declined 2.2 percent for the 12 months ended December 2001, following
a 2.9-percent advance in the previous calendar year.

Services.  Among service industries in December, advancing prices were
registered by the industries for general medical and surgical hospitals,
property and casualty insurance, legal services, travel agencies, passenger
car rental, cable and other pay television services, and engineering
services.  Conversely, falling prices were experienced by the industries
for scheduled air transportation, telephone communications (except
radiotelephone), operators and lessors of nonresidential buildings, life
insurance carriers, trucking (except local), hotels and motels, and deep
sea foreign transportation of freight.


                                   *****
            Producer Price Index data for January 2002 will be
        released on Friday, February 15, 2002 at 8:30 a.m. (E.S.T.)

                                    -7-
                                     
  Recalculated Seasonal Adjustment Factors and Relative Importances to be
                      Available on February 13, 2002

     Each year with the release of PPI data for January, seasonal
adjustment factors are recalculated to reflect price movements from the
just-completed calendar year.  This routine annual calculation may result
in revisions to seasonally adjusted indexes for the previous 5 years.  The
following information will be available on February 13, 2002 (2 workdays
prior to the release of PPI data for January 2002 on February 15):

     Seasonal factors for commodity indexes for the year 2002,

     Recalculated seasonal factors for the last 5 years (1997-2001) for the
     commodity indexes,

     Recalculated seasonal factors for the last 5 years (1997-2001) for the
     stage-of-processing indexes.

     In addition to recalculated seasonal factors, relative importances, as
of December 2001, will also be available on February 13, 2002, at
ftp://ftp.bls.gov which is the BLS ftp site.  Choose the "pub" directory,
the "special.requests" directory, and the "ppi" directory.
     
     To request any of this information, call the Division of Industrial
Prices and Price Indexes, Section of Index Analysis and Public Information
at (202) 691-7705.

                         PPI Weights to be Updated

     The Bureau of Labor Statistics will soon update the value weights used
to calculate Producer Price Indexes to more accurately reflect recent
production and marketing patterns.  The new weights, which will be
introduced in February 2002 with the release of January 2002 index data,
will be based on shipment values from the year 1997.  These value weights
come from the Census of Manufactures, the Census of Mining, the Census of
Services, and the Census of Agriculture.  PPI weights have been based upon
1992 census shipment values since January 1996.

     All indexes will be affected by this weight update, including all the
industry net output indexes, as well as those calculated from traditional
commodity groupings.  In addition, weights will be updated from the 1992 to
the 1997 census for all stage-of-processing indexes, net output of industry
by stage of process indexes, durability of product indexes, and special
commodity-grouping indexes.  This weight revision will not change the
arithmetic reference base, in most cases 1982=100, of the PPI index system.

     Also with the publication of January data on February 15, 2002, SIC-
classified indexes will reflect updated input/output (I/O) ratios based on
the 1992 Input-Output Account of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau
of Economic Analysis (BEA).  These I/O ratios, which represent the
proportion of each industry's output consumed outside the industry, will be
updated from those reflected in BEA's 1987 Input-Output Account.  The
commodity grouping indexes will not be affected.

     It is important to note that the PPI classification system and
aggregation structure will not change as a result of the weight revisions
discussed above.  The weight update, however, will result in significant
shifts in the relative importance of various industries and products, and
these shifts will impact future aggregate indexes in a manner commensurate
with the relative gains and losses in value weights from 1992 to 1997.

     Relative importances as of December 2001 on the 1992 and 1997
weighting schemes will be available on February 13, 2002.  To request this
information call the Division of Industrial Prices and Price Indexes,
Section of Index Analysis at (202) 691-7705.


Table 1.  Producer price indexes and percent changes by stage of processing                                                    
(1982=100)                                                                                                                     
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |          |                       |Unadjusted     |                          
                                                 |          |                       |  percent      |Seasonally adjusted       
                                                 | Relative |    Unadjusted index   |change to      |percent change from:      
                    Grouping                     |importance|                       |Dec. 2001 from:|                          
                                                 |          |_______________________|_______________|__________________________
                                                 |   Dec.   |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |        
                                                 |          |Aug.   |Nov.   |Dec.   |  Dec. | Nov.  |Sept.to|Oct.  to |Nov.  to
                                                 |   2000 1/|2001 2/|2001 2/|2001 2/|  2000 | 2001  |  Oct. |   Nov.  |  Dec.  
_________________________________________________|__________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|________
                                                 |                                                                             
Finished goods...................................|  100.000   140.9   138.4   137.2    -1.8   -0.9     -1.6     -0.6    -0.7   
  Finished consumer goods........................|   76.120   141.8   138.4   136.8    -2.4   -1.2     -1.9      -.8     -.9   
    Finished consumer foods......................|   22.507   142.6   140.5   140.4     1.8    -.1      -.4      -.8     -.1   
      Crude......................................|    1.549   120.2   123.7   130.2     4.0    5.3     -3.0      2.0     4.2   
      Processed..................................|   20.958   144.4   141.8   141.3     1.7    -.4      -.3      -.9     -.4   
    Finished consumer goods, excluding foods.....|   53.624   141.3   137.3   135.1    -4.1   -1.6     -2.5      -.8    -1.2   
      Nondurable goods less foods................|   38.191   142.9   136.8   134.0    -5.4   -2.0     -3.0     -1.2    -1.5   
      Durable goods..............................|   15.434   133.3   134.5   133.9    -1.0    -.4     -1.3       .2     -.4   
  Capital equipment..............................|   23.868   139.6   139.9   139.7     -.1    -.1      -.7       .1     -.1   
    Manufacturing industries.....................|    6.278   140.5   140.3   140.3      .3    0        -.4       .1     -.1   
    Nonmanufacturing industries..................|   17.590   139.2   139.7   139.4     -.3    -.2      -.9       .1     -.1   
                                                 |                                                                             
Intermediate materials, supplies, and components.|  100.000   129.7   126.7   125.4    -4.0   -1.0     -1.5      -.5     -.9   
  Materials and components for manufacturing.....|   45.385   126.9   125.2   124.7    -2.7    -.4      -.5      -.6     -.4   
    Materials for food manufacturing.............|    3.224   128.1   123.9   122.5     2.2   -1.1      -.7     -1.7    -1.1   
    Materials for nondurable manufacturing.......|   15.685   129.9   127.4   126.2    -5.4    -.9      -.9     -1.0     -.9   
    Materials for durable manufacturing..........|    9.861   124.7   122.8   122.5    -3.9    -.2      -.6      -.6     -.2   
    Components for manufacturing.................|   16.616   126.2   125.9   126.0     -.3     .1       .1      0        .1   
  Materials and components for construction......|   13.216   151.1   150.3   149.9     0      -.3      -.3      0       -.2   
  Processed fuels and lubricants.................|   15.634   105.2    94.7    89.3   -17.2   -5.7     -7.7     -1.6    -4.5   
    Manufacturing industries ....................|    5.555   106.8    99.1    95.5   -10.8   -3.6     -4.1      -.9    -3.2   
    Nonmanufacturing industries..................|   10.080   103.9    91.9    85.5   -20.8   -7.0     -9.7     -1.9    -5.4   
  Containers.....................................|    3.966   153.0   152.2   152.2     -.4    0        -.4      -.2      .1   
  Supplies.......................................|   21.799   138.7   138.3   138.1     -.3    -.1      -.2      0       -.1   
    Manufacturing industries.....................|    5.024   145.3   144.9   144.8     -.3    -.1      -.1      0       -.1   
    Nonmanufacturing industries..................|   16.775   135.9   135.4   135.3     -.1    -.1      -.2      0       -.1   
      Feeds......................................|    1.229    99.7    96.5    95.6    -4.0    -.9     -1.3     -1.0     -.9   
      Other supplies.............................|   15.546   140.3   140.2   140.1      .1    -.1      -.2       .1     -.1   
                                                 |                                                                             
Crude materials for further processing...........|  100.000   113.0   104.8    94.8   -32.4   -9.5     -9.1      7.3    -9.5   
  Foodstuffs and feedstuffs......................|   30.898   109.1    98.3    96.4    -7.4   -1.9     -2.6     -5.9    -1.9   
  Nonfood materials..............................|   69.102   111.6   105.5    90.2   -43.7  -14.5    -13.8     18.0   -14.4   
    Nonfood materials except fuel 3/.............|   28.621   102.9    89.7    81.8   -26.2   -8.8    -10.0     -3.4    -8.7   
      Manufacturing 3/...........................|   27.686    94.5    82.0    74.5   -27.0   -9.1    -10.3     -3.6    -8.9   
      Construction...............................|    0.935   182.6   179.4   179.5    -1.8     .1     -1.4      -.3      .1   
    Crude fuel 4/................................|   40.481   114.6   118.7    94.5   -56.0  -20.4    -19.4     53.8   -20.4   
      Manufacturing industries...................|    3.470   113.1   115.3    92.4   -57.4  -19.9    -20.8     55.0   -19.9   
      Nonmanufacturing industries................|   37.011   116.8   121.1    96.4   -55.9  -20.4    -19.3     53.7   -20.4   
                                                 |                                                                             
               Special groupings                 |                                                                             
                                                 |                                                                             
Finished goods, excluding foods..................|5/ 77.493   140.3   137.7   136.1    -2.9   -1.2     -1.9      -.6     -.8   
Intermediate materials less foods and feeds......|6/ 95.547   130.2   127.3   126.0    -4.2   -1.0     -1.5      -.5     -.9   
Intermediate foods and feeds.....................|6/  4.453   119.4   115.5   114.3      .5   -1.0      -.8     -1.5    -1.0   
Crude materials less agricultural products 3/ 7/.|8/ 67.222   112.8   106.5    90.5   -44.3  -15.0    -14.0     18.4   -14.9   
                                                 |                                                                             
Finished energy goods............................|5/ 15.512    96.6    85.5    80.7   -17.2   -5.6     -7.7     -3.8    -4.0   
Finished goods less energy.......................|5/ 84.488   147.8   147.7   147.6     1.0    -.1      -.5      -.1     -.1   
Finished consumer goods less energy..............|5/ 60.620   151.3   151.0   150.9     1.5    -.1      -.5      -.1     -.1   
                                                 |                                                                             
Finished goods less foods and energy.............|5/ 61.981   149.9   150.6   150.4      .7    -.1      -.5       .2     -.1   
Finished consumer goods less foods and energy....|5/ 38.113   156.8   157.8   157.6     1.3    -.1      -.4       .3     -.1   
Consumer nondurable goods less foods and energy..|5/ 22.679   175.6   176.4   176.4     2.8    0         .1       .3     0     
                                                 |                                                                             
Intermediate energy goods........................|6/ 15.755   104.8    94.3    89.0   -17.2   -5.6     -7.6     -1.6    -4.5   
Intermediate materials less energy...............|6/ 84.245   134.9   133.7   133.4    -1.5    -.2      -.4      -.3     -.3   
Intermediate materials less foods and energy.....|6/ 79.792   135.9   134.9   134.6    -1.6    -.2      -.4      -.2     -.2   
                                                 |                                                                             
Crude energy materials 3/........................|8/ 54.136   103.1    96.5    76.7   -53.0  -20.5    -19.2     28.3   -20.5   
Crude materials less energy......................|8/ 45.864   113.8   104.8   103.4    -8.2   -1.3     -2.3     -4.3    -1.3   
Crude nonfood materials less energy 4/...........|8/ 14.966   128.7   124.5   124.2    -9.9    -.2     -1.7      -.8      .1   
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                                                                               
  1/  Comprehensive relative importance figures are initially computed          3/  Includes crude petroleum.                  
      after the publication of December indexes and are recalculated            4/  Excludes crude petroleum.                  
      after final December indexes are available.  The first-published          5/  Percent of total finished goods.           
      and final December relative importances initially appear,                 6/  Percent of total intermediate materials.   
      respectively, in the release tables containing January and May data.      7/  Formerly titled "Crude materials for       
  2/  The indexes for August 2001 have been recalculated to incorporate             further processing, excluding crude        
      late reports and corrections by respondents.  All indexes                     foodstuffs and feedstuffs, plant and       
      are subject to revision 4 months after original publication.                  animal fibers, oilseeds, and leaf tobacco."
                                                                                8/  Percent of total crude materials.          
Table 2.  Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of processing                         
(1982=100 unless otherwise indicated)                                                                                                
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           |                                                       |                       |Unadjusted     |                         
           |                                                       |                       | percent       |Seasonally adjusted      
           |                                                       |   Unadjusted index    |change to      |percent change from:     
 Commodity |                                                       |                       |Dec. 2001 from:|                         
   code    |                      Grouping                         |_______________________|_______________|________________________ 
           |                                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         
           |                                                       |Aug.   |Nov.   |Dec.   | Dec.  | Nov.  |Sept.to|Oct. to|Nov. to  
           |                                                       |2001 1/|2001 1/|2001 1/| 2000  | 2001  |  Oct. |  Nov. |  Dec.   
___________|_______________________________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________ 
           |                                                       |                                                                 
           |FINISHED GOODS.........................................| 140.9   138.4   137.2    -1.8   -0.9     -1.6    -0.6    -0.7   
           | FINISHED CONSUMER GOODS...............................| 141.8   138.4   136.8    -2.4   -1.2     -1.9     -.8     -.9   
           |  FINISHED CONSUMER FOODS..............................| 142.6   140.5   140.4     1.8    -.1      -.4     -.8     -.1   
           |                                                       |                                                                 
01-11      |   Fresh fruits and melons 2/..........................|  87.4   101.7   115.3    22.3   13.4      5.7     1.4    13.4   
01-13      |   Fresh and dry vegetables 2/.........................| 122.2   107.2   120.5     9.7   12.4    -11.4    -3.2    12.4   
01-71-07   |   Eggs for fresh use (Dec. 1991=100)..................|  75.9    86.6    79.2   -27.5   -8.5      4.4    -1.0   -10.9   
02-11      |   Bakery products 2/..................................| 188.8   189.2   188.7     2.3    -.3       .3     -.1     -.3   
02-13      |   Milled rice 2/......................................|  83.8    84.9    84.6   -10.3    -.4      -.7    -2.1     -.4   
02-14-02   |   Pasta products (June 1985=100) 2/...................| 122.2   122.2   122.2      .6    0        0       0       0     
02-21-01   |   Beef and veal.......................................| 119.4   111.0   113.3    -4.4    2.1      -.6    -6.3     1.7   
02-21-04   |   Pork................................................| 132.1   113.7   114.3     4.6     .5     -1.1      .1    -2.8   
02-22-03   |   Processed young chickens............................| 121.1   120.1   115.0     1.6   -4.2      2.0    -1.9    -1.5   
02-22-06   |   Processed turkeys...................................|  97.2   110.2   104.6     3.0   -5.1       .4     5.3     -.9   
02-23      |   Finfish and shellfish...............................| 185.5   183.2   176.8    -8.0   -3.5     -4.7      .1    -3.7   
02-3       |   Dairy products......................................| 152.1   145.4   140.3     3.0   -3.5     -1.9    -2.9    -2.6   
02-4       |   Processed fruits and vegetables 2/..................| 129.9   130.8   131.4     3.0     .5       .3      .5      .5   
02-55      |   Confectionery end products 2/.......................| 171.0   172.6   173.5     1.9     .5       .8      .1      .5   
02-62      |   Soft drinks.........................................| 147.9   148.6   148.1     2.6    -.3      -.3      .2     -.1   
02-63-01   |   Roasted coffee 2/...................................| 123.8   123.3   123.4    -2.3     .1      -.2     -.1      .1   
02-78      |   Shortening and cooking oils 2/......................| 142.2   132.2   133.2     1.4     .8     -1.7    -1.6      .8   
           |                                                       |                                                                 
           |  FINISHED CONSUMER GOODS EXCLUDING FOODS..............| 141.3   137.3   135.1    -4.1   -1.6     -2.5     -.8    -1.2   
           |                                                       |                                                                 
02-61      |   Alcoholic beverages.................................| 145.5   146.2   146.5     2.4     .2       .1      .1      .1   
03-81-01   |   Women's apparel 2/..................................| 123.8   122.6   122.4    -1.8    -.2      -.4      .1     -.2   
03-81-02   |   Men's and boys' apparel.............................| 132.4   132.0   131.3    -1.4    -.5      0        .2     -.5   
03-81-03   |   Girls', children's, and infants' apparel 2/.........| 116.7   117.0   117.0      .5    0        0       0       0     
03-82      |   Textile housefurnishings 2/.........................| 122.5   123.3   122.7     1.2    -.5       .1      .7     -.5   
04-3       |   Footwear 2/.........................................| 145.6   145.7   145.7      .6    0         .1     0       0     
05-41      |   Residential electric power (Dec. 1990=100)..........| 121.4   115.0   114.3     3.5    -.6       .5     -.3     -.3   
05-51      |   Residential gas (Dec. 1990=100).....................| 146.4   130.8   128.9   -23.2   -1.5     -6.0    -2.6    -2.0   
05-71      |   Gasoline............................................|  91.3    68.6    58.0   -34.5  -15.5    -21.2   -10.3    -8.2   
05-73-02-01|   Fuel oil No. 2......................................|  85.1    69.8    58.7   -41.7  -15.9    -20.9    -7.4   -14.2   
06-38      |   Pharmaceutical preparations (June 2001=100) 2/......|  99.4    99.5    99.8     (3)     .3      0       -.1      .3   
06-71      |   Soaps and synthetic detergents 2/...................| 130.6   131.0   131.0      .8    0        0       0       0     
06-75      |   Cosmetics and other toilet preparations 2/..........| 138.3   138.5   138.2     -.1    -.2       .4     -.1     -.2   
07-12      |   Tires, tubes, tread, etc 2/.........................|  93.7    95.4    95.5     2.4     .1       .1     1.1      .1   
09-15-01   |   Sanitary papers and health products 2/..............| 146.4   148.3   150.4     1.6    1.4       .1     -.1     1.4   
09-31-01   |   Newspaper circulation 2/............................| 219.4   221.9   222.2     2.8     .1      1.2     -.2      .1   
09-32-01   |   Periodical circulation..............................| 201.3   202.2   201.0     1.1    -.6       .2     -.2     -.6   
09-33      |   Book publishing.....................................| 226.6   227.3   228.8     2.5     .7      -.4    -1.0     1.1   
12-1       |   Household furniture 2/..............................| 154.9   155.5   155.7     1.2     .1       .1      .1      .1   
12-3       |   Floor coverings 2/..................................| 129.6   129.1   128.7    -2.6    -.3       .1      .7     -.3   
12-4       |   Household appliances ...............................| 104.6   105.1   105.1    -1.2    0         .3      .3     -.1   
12-5       |   Home electronic equipment 2/........................|  69.8    69.8    69.7    -2.1    -.1      -.3     0       -.1   
12-62      |   Household glassware.................................| 169.6   169.8   169.9     1.3     .1       .1      .2      .1   
12-64      |   Household flatware 2/...............................| 143.2   143.2   143.2    -3.8    0        0       0       0     
12-66      |   Lawn and garden equip., ex. tractors 2/.............| 133.0   133.0   132.0     -.2    -.8      -.4      .2     -.8   
14-11-01   |   Passenger cars......................................| 130.0   132.9   131.6    -2.4   -1.0     -4.7      .9     -.7   
15-11      |   Toys, games, and children's vehicles 2/.............| 123.8   123.8   124.1     1.1     .2       .2      .1      .2   
15-12      |   Sporting and athletic goods 2/......................| 126.4   123.9   123.9    -1.7    0         .1    -1.7     0     
15-2       |   Tobacco products 2/.................................| 447.4   455.5   455.5    12.7    0        0       1.8     0     
15-5       |   Mobile homes 2/.....................................| 164.9   166.2   166.4     2.7     .1       .8     -.1      .1   
15-94-02   |   Jewelry, platinum, & karat gold 2/..................| 129.0   129.7   129.6     1.7    -.1       .2     0       -.1   
15-94-04   |   Costume jewelry and novelties 2/....................| 143.8   144.0   144.0     1.2    0         .2     -.1     0     
           |                                                       |                                                                 
           | CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.....................................| 139.6   139.9   139.7     -.1    -.1      -.7      .1     -.1   
           |                                                       |                                                                 
11-1       |   Agricultural machinery and equipment 2/.............| 156.4   156.5   156.4     1.2    -.1       .3      .6     -.1   
11-2       |   Construction machinery and equipment................| 149.1   149.3   148.7     -.1    -.4      -.1      .1     -.3   
11-37      |   Metal cutting machine tools 2/......................| 154.5   154.7   153.9    -5.1    -.5      0        .2     -.5   
11-38      |   Metal forming machine tools 2/......................| 165.3   165.3   165.6     2.2     .2      -.1     0        .2   
11-39      |   Tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, and ind. molds 2/......| 141.5   141.1   141.1     -.2    0        -.2      .1     0     
11-41      |   Pumps, compressors, and equipment...................| 158.5   158.7   158.8     2.4     .1      -.1      .3      .1   
11-44      |   Industrial material handling equipment 2/...........| 137.1   137.3   137.4     1.3     .1      -.1     -.2      .1   
11-51      |   Electronic computers (Dec. 1998=100) 2/.............|  52.3    49.1    47.6   -30.9   -3.1       .2    -2.2    -3.1   
11-62      |   Textile machinery 2/................................| 158.1   158.1   159.8     1.8    1.1      0       0       1.1   
11-64      |   Paper industries machinery (June 1982=100)..........| 167.7   167.3   167.3     1.5    0        -.7     -.2     0     
11-65      |   Printing trades machinery 2/........................| 143.4   143.3   143.3     0      0         .1     0       0     
11-74      |   Transformers and power regulators 2/................| 134.1   133.4   133.1    -1.3    -.2      0       -.4     -.2   
11-76      |   Communication & related equip. (Dec. 1985=100) 2/...| 109.2   108.8   109.0     -.7     .2      -.6      .4      .2   
11-79-05   |   X-ray and electromedical equipment 2/...............| 100.6   100.1   100.8      .7     .7      -.6     0        .7   
11-91      |   Oil field and gas field machinery ..................| 134.9   135.8   135.8     4.8    0         .6     -.9     0     
11-92      |   Mining machinery and equipment 2/...................| 148.9   149.1   149.9     2.2     .5       .1     0        .5   
11-93      |   Office and store machines and equipment 2/..........| 113.2   112.5   113.1      .6     .5      0       -.2      .5   
12-2       |   Commercial furniture 2/.............................| 160.5   160.7   160.4      .9    -.2       .3     -.1     -.2   
14-11-05   |   Light motor trucks..................................| 153.5   157.1   154.8    -4.1   -1.5     -1.3     -.1    -1.5   
14-11-06   |   Heavy motor trucks 2/...............................| 148.1   149.0   149.6      .9     .4      0       -.1      .4   
14-14      |   Truck trailers 2/...................................| 139.1   138.9   137.9    -1.1    -.7       .2     0       -.7   
14-21-02   |   Civilian aircraft (Dec. 1985=100)...................| 170.6   170.2   170.5     3.8     .2      -.1     -.2      .2   
14-31      |   Ships (Dec. 1985=100) 2/............................| 148.9   148.5   148.8      .1     .2      0       -.3      .2   
14-4       |   Railroad equipment 2/...............................| 135.1   134.7   134.5    -1.0    -.1       .1     -.8     -.1   
           |                                                       |                                                                 
           |INTERMEDIATE MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, AND COMPONENTS.......| 129.7   126.7   125.4    -4.0   -1.0     -1.5     -.5     -.9   
           |                                                       |                                                                 
           | INTERMEDIATE FOODS AND FEEDS..........................| 119.4   115.5   114.3      .5   -1.0      -.8    -1.5    -1.0   
           |                                                       |                                                                 
02-12-03   |   Flour 2/............................................| 109.4   111.3   109.7     2.5   -1.4      1.3      .3    -1.4   
02-53      |   Refined sugar 2/....................................| 110.7   110.4   113.6     6.8    2.9      -.2     -.8     2.9   
02-54      |   Confectionery materials.............................| 105.8   111.1   111.8    17.6     .6      1.3     4.0      .4   
02-72      |   Crude vegetable oils 2/.............................|  82.5    73.8    73.8    15.9    0       -9.7     4.2     0     
02-9       |   Prepared animal feeds 2/............................| 107.2   104.5   103.6    -3.4    -.9     -1.0     -.8     -.9   
           |                                                       |                                                                 
           | INTERMEDIATE MATERIALS LESS FOODS AND FEEDS...........| 130.2   127.3   126.0    -4.2   -1.0     -1.5     -.5     -.9   
           |                                                       |                                                                 
03-1       |   Synthetic fibers 2/.................................| 106.9   107.2   106.7    -2.5    -.5      -.1     -.5     -.5   
03-2       |   Processed yarns and threads 2/......................| 104.4   102.5   102.5    -4.7    0        -.8     -.9     0     
03-3       |   Gray fabrics 2/.....................................| 113.8   112.3   112.6    -1.7     .3      -.9    -1.2      .3   
03-4       |   Finished fabrics....................................| 122.7   122.6   121.4     -.3   -1.0       .1      .4     -.8   
03-83-03   |   Industrial textile products 2/......................| 132.8   133.5   133.8     2.0     .2      -.1     0        .2   
04-2       |   Leather 2/..........................................| 206.7   192.0   191.0      .2    -.5     -1.1    -2.7     -.5   
05-32      |   Liquefied petroleum gas 2/..........................| 100.7    92.1    74.3   -51.3  -19.3    -10.2    -9.5   -19.3   
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
See footnotes at end of table.

Table 2.  Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of processing - Continued             
(1982=100 unless otherwise indicated)                                                                                                
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
           |                                                       |                       |Unadjusted     |                         
           |                                                       |                       | percent       |Seasonally adjusted      
           |                                                       |   Unadjusted index    |change to      |percent change from:     
 Commodity |                                                       |                       |Dec. 2001 from:|                         
   code    |                      Grouping                         |_______________________|_______________|________________________ 
           |                                                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         
           |                                                       |Aug.   |Nov.   |Dec.   | Dec.  | Nov.  |Sept.to|Oct. to|Nov. to  
           |                                                       |2001 1/|2001 1/|2001 1/| 2000  | 2001  |  Oct. |  Nov. |  Dec.   
___________|_______________________________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________ 
           |                                                       |                                                                 
           | INTERMEDIATE MATERIALS LESS FOODS AND FEEDS           |                                                                 
           |   -Continued..........................................|                                                                 
05-42      |   Commercial electric power...........................| 147.7   136.3   135.2     2.8   -0.8     -1.8     1.8    -1.2   
05-43      |   Industrial electric power...........................| 148.9   141.1   140.1     5.6    -.7       .7      .5     -.8   
05-52      |   Commercial natural gas (Dec. 1990=100)..............| 147.7   135.3   131.3   -26.9   -3.0     -6.1    -1.6    -5.2   
05-53      |   Industrial natural gas (Dec. 1990=100)..............| 145.9   135.8   132.5   -38.9   -2.4     -9.9      .1    -5.5   
05-54      |   Natural gas to electric utilities (Dec. 1990=100)...| 102.2    79.7    77.6   -55.2   -2.6    -14.4    -4.4    -1.8   
05-72-03   |   Jet fuels...........................................|  76.3    65.2    56.8   -44.2  -12.9    -21.8    -5.0    -8.8   
05-73-03   |   No. 2 Diesel fuel...................................|  82.0    74.4    56.2   -44.7  -24.5    -18.3    -1.8   -19.5   
05-74      |   Residual fuel 2/....................................|  71.1    68.6    63.4   -28.6   -7.6     -7.0     0      -7.6   
06-1       |   Industrial chemicals 2/.............................| 124.5   122.2   120.1    -7.4   -1.7     -2.7    -1.0    -1.7   
06-21      |   Prepared paint......................................| 165.1   164.8   164.9     1.9     .1       .1     0        .3   
06-22      |   Paint materials 2/..................................| 148.0   149.1   147.7     -.3    -.9       .9    -3.2     -.9   
06-31      |   Medicinal and botanical chemicals 2/................| 140.1   140.1   139.8    -4.0    -.2      0       0       -.2   
06-4       |   Fats and oils, inedible 2/..........................| 100.1    74.6    82.0    21.1    9.9    -15.9    -7.2     9.9   
06-51      |   Mixed fertilizers...................................| 116.8   114.4   114.3     1.1    -.1       .5      .4     -.3   
06-52-01   |   Nitrogenates........................................| 122.8   108.0   103.4   -27.2   -4.3     -5.6    -4.1    -4.6   
06-52-02   |   Phosphates 2/.......................................|  93.6    95.8    90.3    -6.2   -5.7       .5     2.0    -5.7   
06-53      |   Other agricultural chemicals 2/.....................| 147.9   150.6   148.6     1.2   -1.3       .2     1.7    -1.3   
06-6       |   Plastic resins and materials 2/.....................| 131.3   128.8   125.2    -8.8   -2.8      1.3    -1.5    -2.8   
07-11-02   |   Synthetic rubber 2/.................................| 123.2   120.1   119.7    -3.0    -.3     -1.9     -.1     -.3   
07-21      |   Plastic construction products ......................| 133.1   131.8   131.5    -1.9    -.2      2.7     -.7      .2   
07-22      |   Unsupported plastic film, sheet, & other shapes 2/..| 136.9   134.9   134.9    -4.3    0        -.4     -.7     0     
07-26      |   Plastic parts and components for manufacturing 2/...| 116.3   116.5   116.8     -.6     .3       .3      .1      .3   
08-11      |   Softwood lumber 2/..................................| 175.1   163.9   160.3    -2.8   -2.2     -4.4     -.4    -2.2   
08-12      |   Hardwood lumber ....................................| 179.4   177.8   176.4    -5.5    -.8      -.3     -.3     -.7   
08-2       |   Millwork 2/.........................................| 180.6   179.4   179.2     1.6    -.1       .1     -.4     -.1   
08-3       |   Plywood 2/..........................................| 163.8   150.3   148.1    -1.9   -1.5     -6.3     -.1    -1.5   
09-11      |   Woodpulp 2/.........................................| 117.8   112.3   112.5   -25.1     .2     -2.8     -.4      .2   
09-13      |   Paper 2/............................................| 149.8   146.9   146.9    -2.9    0        -.3    -1.3     0     
09-14      |   Paperboard 2/.......................................| 169.8   166.1   166.7    -7.1     .4     -1.3     -.1      .4   
09-15-03   |   Paper boxes and containers 2/.......................| 175.0   174.0   174.0     -.9    0        -.3     -.2     0     
09-2       |   Building paper and board 2/.........................| 131.6   122.3   125.5    -2.9    2.6     -3.0    -2.5     2.6   
09-37      |   Commercial printing (June 1982=100) 2/..............| 157.7   157.4   157.0     -.1    -.3      0        .1     -.3   
10-15      |   Foundry and forge shop products.....................| 136.9   137.1   136.9      .1    -.1      0        .1     0     
10-17      |   Steel mill products 2/..............................| 100.9    99.7    98.8    -6.4    -.9      -.9     -.3     -.9   
10-22      |   Primary nonferrous metals 2/........................| 101.3    97.7    99.6   -13.0    1.9     -1.0    -1.4     1.9   
10-25-01   |   Aluminum mill shapes 2/.............................| 149.3   145.3   145.1    -2.9    -.1       .3     -.3     -.1   
10-25-02   |   Copper and brass mill shapes 2/.....................| 150.1   151.2   150.8    -8.6    -.3     -1.8     1.1     -.3   
10-26      |   Nonferrous wire and cable 2/........................| 139.3   138.2   138.8    -3.7     .4      -.5     -.4      .4   
10-3       |   Metal containers 2/.................................| 106.6   106.0   106.3      .2     .3      -.5     -.1      .3   
10-4       |   Hardware............................................| 155.0   155.3   155.7     2.5     .3       .1     0        .3   
10-5       |   Plumbing fixtures and brass fittings................| 180.7   180.9   180.3      .3    -.3       .6      .3     -.3   
10-6       |   Heating equipment...................................| 156.7   157.3   157.6      .8     .2      0        .2      .3   
10-7       |   Fabricated structural metal products................| 144.5   144.2   144.2     -.5    0        -.3     0        .1   
10-88      |   Fabricated ferrous wire products (June 1982=100) 2/.| 129.8   129.3   129.7     -.4     .3      -.2     -.2      .3   
10-89      |   Other misc. metal products 2/.......................| 127.1   127.0   127.0      .7    0        -.1     0       0     
11-45      |   Mechanical power transmission equipment.............| 167.2   167.6   168.3     1.9     .4       .1      .2      .2   
11-48      |   Air conditioning and refrigeration equipment 2/.....| 136.4   135.9   136.1     1.0     .1      -.2     -.1      .1   
11-49-02   |   Metal valves, ex.fluid power (Dec. 1982=100) 2/.....| 164.7   165.0   164.7      .9    -.2       .4     -.3     -.2   
11-49-05   |   Ball and roller bearings............................| 169.2   169.3   169.5     -.4     .1      -.1      .2     0     
11-71      |   Wiring devices 2/...................................| 153.3   153.2   151.9     -.9    -.8      -.1     -.6     -.8   
11-73      |   Motors, generators, motor generator sets............| 147.2   146.4   146.3     -.1    -.1       .1     -.6     0     
11-75      |   Switchgear, switchboard, etc., equipment............| 157.2   157.2   156.9     1.9    -.2      -.4     -.6     0     
11-78      |   Electronic components and accessories 2/............|  92.9    92.7    93.2    -3.0     .5       .5      .2      .5   
11-94      |   Internal combustion engines.........................| 143.8   144.1   143.9     -.1    -.1       .1      .1     -.1   
11-95      |   Machine shop products 2/............................| 140.4   140.5   140.5      .8    0        -.1      .1     0     
13-11      |   Flat glass 2/.......................................| 112.8   112.1   111.4      .5    -.6      0        .2     -.6   
13-22      |   Cement..............................................| 150.6   150.8   150.6     1.1    -.1       .4      .1      .1   
13-3       |   Concrete products 2/................................| 152.2   152.9   152.9     2.4    0        0        .1     0     
13-6       |   Asphalt felts and coatings..........................| 108.6   110.5   110.3     4.6    -.2       .2      .9      .2   
13-7       |   Gypsum products 2/..................................| 145.7   172.0   166.3      .4   -3.3      3.0     9.1    -3.3   
13-8       |   Glass containers 2/.................................| 133.0   132.8   133.0     4.4     .2      -.8      .1      .2   
14-12      |   Motor vehicle parts 2/..............................| 113.1   112.5   112.4     -.8    -.1      0       -.2     -.1   
14-23      |   Aircraft engines & engine parts (Dec. 1985=100).....| 145.5   145.7   145.7     2.8    0        -.2     -.2      .2   
14-25      |   Aircraft parts & aux.equip.,nec (June 1985=100).....| 148.4   147.3   147.2      .5    -.1      0       0        .2   
15-42      |   Photographic supplies 2/............................| 129.3   129.3   129.3     2.3    0        -.1      .1     0     
15-6       |   Medical/surgical/personal aid devices 2/............| 148.3   149.3   149.7     1.9     .3      -.1      .3      .3   
           |                                                       |                                                                 
           | CRUDE MATERIALS FOR FURTHER PROCESSING................| 113.0   104.8    94.8   -32.4   -9.5     -9.1     7.3    -9.5   
           |                                                       |                                                                 
           |  CRUDE FOODSTUFFS AND FEEDSTUFFS......................| 109.1    98.3    96.4    -7.4   -1.9     -2.6    -5.9    -1.9   
           |                                                       |                                                                 
01-21      |   Wheat 2/............................................|  81.9    86.0    85.7     1.7    -.3       .1     3.9     -.3   
01-22-02-05|   Corn................................................|  83.0    77.5    81.0     2.7    4.5     -7.8    -3.7     3.8   
01-31      |   Slaughter cattle 2/.................................| 104.7    94.6    94.8   -15.1     .2     -3.2    -7.1      .2   
01-32      |   Slaughter hogs......................................|  85.2    55.2    52.6   -24.9   -4.7     -2.1   -12.3   -10.8   
01-41-02   |   Slaughter broilers/fryers...........................| 140.8   139.0   126.1    -4.8   -9.3      4.8    -5.1    -5.3   
01-42      |   Slaughter turkeys...................................| 110.7   126.2   110.7   -10.8  -12.3       .1     2.0    -1.7   
01-6       |   Fluid milk..........................................| 123.4   106.6   101.6     4.3   -4.7     -5.8   -11.8    -2.9   
01-83-01-31|   Soybeans 2/.........................................|  88.4    74.7    73.6   -12.5   -1.5     -6.0     -.8    -1.5   
02-52-01-01|   Cane sugar,raw 2/...................................| 111.0   111.0   112.8     4.8    1.6      0        .4     1.6   
           |                                                       |                                                                 
           |  CRUDE NONFOOD MATERIALS..............................| 111.6   105.5    90.2   -43.7  -14.5    -13.8    18.0   -14.4   
           |                                                       |                                                                 
01-51-01-01|   Raw cotton..........................................|  59.1    53.9    54.3   -46.7     .7    -15.2    15.9     4.4   
01-92-01-01|   Leaf tobacco 2/.....................................| 106.7   116.4   115.2     -.5   -1.0      1.6     3.9    -1.0   
04-19      |   Hides and skins (June 2001=100) 2/..................|  74.7    75.6    71.8     (3)   -5.0     -7.4     5.3    -5.0   
05-1       |   Coal 2/.............................................|  96.4   101.7    96.1     9.1   -5.5       .5     4.7    -5.5   
05-31      |   Natural gas 2/......................................| 120.9   124.0    93.4   -64.5  -24.7    -27.5    80.0   -24.7   
05-61      |   Crude petroleum 2/..................................|  72.6    55.0    43.1   -45.3  -21.6    -19.6    -7.4   -21.6   
08-5       |   Logs, timber, etc...................................| 182.7   178.5   179.0    -3.3     .3     -1.9     -.6      .2   
09-12      |   Wastepaper 2/.......................................| 138.3   141.8   141.8   -28.9    0        -.3     1.1     0     
10-11      |   Iron ore 2/.........................................|  96.3    96.3    96.3     1.5    0        -.1     0       0     
10-12      |   Iron and steel scrap 2/.............................| 125.0   111.5   108.2    -8.5   -3.0     -4.8    -6.0    -3.0   
10-21      |   Nonferrous metal ores (Dec. 1983=100) 2/............|  62.4    59.9    59.6   -13.5    -.5      -.6    -4.6     -.5   
10-23-01   |   Copper base scrap 2/................................| 110.5   105.1   105.0   -17.4    -.1     -1.0    -1.5     -.1   
10-23-02   |   Aluminum base scrap.................................| 148.6   141.0   144.6   -11.3    2.6       .5    -2.2     1.7   
13-21      |   Construction sand, gravel, and crushed stone........| 169.8   169.9   169.9     3.5    0         .2      .2      .3   
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
                                                                                                                                     
1/  The indexes for August 2001 have been recalculated to incorporate        2/  Not seasonally adjusted.                    
    late reports and corrections by respondents.  All indexes are            3/  Not available.                              
    subject to revision 4 months after original publication. 
                                        
Table 3.  Producer price indexes for selected commodity groupings                              
(1982=100 unless otherwise indicated)                                                          
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         |                                                |                                   |
         |                                                |         Unadjusted index 1/       |
Commodity|                                                |___________________________________|
  code   |                    Grouping                    | Aug. 2001 | Nov. 2001 | Dec. 2001 |
_________|________________________________________________|___________|___________|___________|
         |                                                |           |           |           |
         | Finished Goods (1967=100)......................|   395.4   |   388.4   |   385.0   |
         | All commodities................................|   133.4   |   130.1   |   128.0   |
         |                                                |           |           |           |
         |                                                |           |           |           |
         |            MAJOR COMMODITY GROUPS              |           |           |           |
         |                                                |           |           |           |
         | Farm products and processed foods and feeds....|   128.2   |   123.5   |   122.9   |
01       |   Farm products................................|   105.5   |    97.0   |    96.6   |
02       |   Processed foods and feeds....................|   139.5   |   136.6   |   135.9   |
         |                                                |           |           |           |
         | Industrial commodities.........................|   134.3   |   131.4   |   128.9   |
03       |   Textile products and apparel.................|   121.1   |   120.7   |   120.4   |
04       |   Hides, skins, leather, and related products..|   156.1   |   153.2   |   151.8   |
05       |   Fuels and related products and power.........|   101.0   |    91.1   |    82.4   |
06       |   Chemicals and allied products 2/.............|   149.9   |   148.5   |   147.2   |
07       |   Rubber and plastic products..................|   127.1   |   126.7   |   126.6   |
08       |   Lumber and wood products.....................|   176.8   |   171.4   |   170.3   |
09       |   Pulp, paper, and allied products.............|   184.2   |   183.7   |   183.9   |
10       |   Metals and metal products....................|   125.0   |   123.6   |   123.5   |
11       |   Machinery and equipment......................|   123.4   |   123.2   |   123.3   |
12       |   Furniture and household durables.............|   132.9   |   133.1   |   133.0   |
13       |   Nonmetallic mineral products.................|   144.5   |   145.7   |   145.3   |
14       |   Transportation equipment.....................|   144.8   |   145.7   |   145.1   |
15       |   Miscellaneous products.......................|   183.0   |   183.3   |   183.4   |
         |                                                |           |           |           |
         | Industrial commodities less fuels and related  |           |           |           |
         |   products and power...........................|   142.8   |   142.3   |   142.0   |
         |                                                |           |           |           |
         |                                                |           |           |           |
         |             OTHER COMMODITY GROUPINGS          |           |           |           |
         |                                                |           |           |           |
01-1     | Fruits and melons, fresh and dry vegetables,   |           |           |           |
         |   and tree nuts................................|   107.6   |   109.3   |   122.1   |
01-2     | Grains.........................................|    83.1   |    80.2   |    82.6   |
01-3     | Slaughter livestock............................|   100.1   |    84.3   |    84.0   |
01-4     | Slaughter poultry..............................|   132.6   |   134.5   |   121.4   |
01-5     | Plant and animal fibers........................|    59.4   |    54.2   |    54.8   |
01-7     | Chicken eggs...................................|    87.0   |   103.3   |    89.7   |
01-8     | Hay, hayseeds, and oilseeds....................|   115.2   |   105.2   |   102.9   |
01-83    | Oilseeds.......................................|    98.6   |    86.4   |    85.2   |
01-9     | Other farm products............................|   159.1   |   173.6   |   171.8   |
02-1     | Cereal and bakery products.....................|   162.5   |   163.1   |   162.9   |
02-2     | Meats, poultry, and fish.......................|   128.0   |   121.4   |   120.7   |
02-22    | Processed poultry..............................|   118.8   |   120.5   |   116.3   |
02-5     | Sugar and confectionery........................|   136.0   |   137.9   |   139.3   |
02-6     | Beverages and beverage materials...............|   145.9   |   146.4   |   146.3   |
02-63    | Packaged beverage materials....................|   124.6   |   124.1   |   124.2   |
02-7     | Fats and oils..................................|   117.7   |   107.4   |   108.9   |
03-81    | Apparel........................................|   126.9   |   126.3   |   126.0   |
04-4     | Other leather and related products.............|   148.1   |   148.1   |   148.0   |
05-3     | Gas fuels......................................|   114.1   |   114.1   |    87.2   |
05-4     | Electric power.................................|   145.4   |   136.7   |   135.7   |
05-7     | Refined petroleum products.....................|    85.4   |    69.1   |    58.6   |
06-3     | Drugs and pharmaceuticals......................|   261.0   |   261.4   |   261.9   |
06-5     | Agricultural chemicals and products............|   125.7   |   123.9   |   120.4   |
06-7     | Other chemicals and allied products............|   139.7   |   139.5   |   139.4   |
07-1     | Rubber and rubber products.....................|   116.7   |   116.9   |   116.8   |
07-11    | Rubber, except natural rubber..................|   122.6   |   119.5   |   119.1   |
07-13    | Miscellaneous rubber products..................|   140.2   |   140.0   |   139.9   |
07-2     | Plastic products...............................|   135.1   |   134.5   |   134.4   |
08-1     | Lumber.........................................|   174.5   |   166.3   |   163.3   |
09-1     | Pulp, paper, and products, excluding building  |           |           |           |
         |   paper and board..............................|   156.3   |   154.9   |   155.2   |
09-15    | Converted paper and paperboard products........|   164.0   |   164.1   |   164.6   |
10-1     | Iron and steel.................................|   109.9   |   107.8   |   106.8   |
10-2     | Nonferrous metals..............................|   121.7   |   118.5   |   119.3   |
10-25    | Nonferrous mill shapes.........................|   141.0   |   138.4   |   138.1   |
11-3     | Metalworking machinery and equipment...........|   150.7   |   150.4   |   150.4   |
11-4     | General purpose machinery and equipment........|   153.1   |   153.0   |   153.2   |
11-6     | Special industry machinery.....................|   165.4   |   164.6   |   164.8   |
11-7     | Electrical machinery and equipment.............|   116.9   |   116.5   |   116.7   |
11-9     | Miscellaneous machinery and equipment..........|   136.2   |   136.1   |   136.2   |
12-6     | Other household durable goods..................|   157.4   |   157.6   |   157.3   |
13-2     | Concrete ingredients...........................|   159.8   |   160.0   |   159.9   |
14-1     | Motor vehicles and equipment...................|   130.5   |   132.1   |   131.2   |
15-1     | Toys, sporting goods, small arms, etc..........|   133.5   |   132.0   |   132.2   |
15-4     | Photographic equipment and supplies............|   111.8   |   111.6   |   111.6   |
15-9     | Other miscellaneous products...................|   139.1   |   139.1   |   139.2   |
__________________________________________________________|___________|___________|___________|
                                                                                               
1/  Data for August 2001 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. 
Table 4.  Producer price indexes for the net output of major industry groups, not seasonally adjusted             
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                  |                                              |     |         Index         |  Percent change  
  Industry        |                Industry 1/                   |Index|_______________________|to_Dec._2001_from:
    code          |                                              |base |       |       |       |        |         
                  |                                              |     |Aug.   |Nov.   |Dec.   |  Dec.  |  Nov.   
                  |                                              |     |2001 2/|2001 2/|2001 2/|  2000  |  2001   
__________________|______________________________________________|_____|_______|_______|_______|________|_________
                  |                                              |     |                                          
                  |Total mining industries...................... |12/84|  98.9    93.2    78.0    -46.8    -16.3  
       10         | Metal mining................................ |12/84|  69.8    68.1    67.8     -8.9      -.4  
       12         | Coal mining................................. |12/85|  92.0    95.5    91.8      7.9     -3.9  
       13         | Oil and gas extraction...................... |12/85| 107.0    98.8    79.1    -53.8    -19.9  
       14         | Mining and quarrying of non-metallic         |     |                                          
                  |  minerals, except fuels..................... |12/84| 141.4   141.8   141.4      2.4      -.3  
                  |                                              |     |                                          
                  |Total manufacturing industries............... |12/84| 134.6   132.8   131.4     -2.2     -1.1  
       20         | Food and kindred products................... |12/84| 134.6   132.4   131.8      1.7      -.5  
       21         | Tobacco manufactures........................ |12/84| 391.0   398.3   398.3     13.2    0      
       22         | Textile mill products....................... |12/84| 116.8   116.2   116.1     -1.0      -.1  
       23         | Apparel and other finished products made     |     |                                          
                  |  from fabrics and similar materials......... |12/84| 125.9   125.9   125.4      -.2      -.4  
       24         | Lumber and wood products, except furniture.. |12/84| 158.1   153.8   153.3      -.6      -.3  
       25         | Furniture and fixtures...................... |12/84| 145.2   145.8   145.5      1.1      -.2  
       26         | Paper and allied products................... |12/84| 145.6   144.4   144.7     -1.8       .2  
       27         | Printing, publishing, and allied industries. |12/84| 188.8   189.6   189.5      2.2      -.1  
       28         | Chemicals and allied products............... |12/84| 156.3   155.4   154.0     -3.0      -.9  
       29         | Petroleum refining and related products..... |12/84| 104.7    87.2    75.3    -33.3    -13.6  
       30         | Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products... |12/84| 125.7   125.3   125.4      -.9       .1  
       31         | Leather and leather products................ |12/84| 142.3   140.2   140.0       .6      -.1  
       32         | Stone, clay, glass, and concrete products... |12/84| 136.0   137.1   136.8      2.1      -.2  
       33         | Primary metal industries.................... |12/84| 115.6   114.3   114.0     -3.9      -.3  
       34         | Fabricated metal products, except machinery  |     |                                          
                  |  and transportation equipment............... |12/84| 131.1   131.0   131.1       .5       .1  
       35         | Machinery, except electrical................ |12/84| 117.9   117.8   117.8       .1    0      
       36         | Electrical and electronic machinery,         |     |                                          
                  |  equipment, and supplies.................... |12/84| 106.4   106.6   106.6      -.9    0      
       37         | Transportation equipment.................... |12/84| 137.4   138.5   137.9      -.5      -.4  
       38         | Measuring and controlling instruments;       |     |                                          
                  |  photographic, medical, optical goods;       |     |                                          
                  |  watches, clocks............................ |12/84| 127.4   127.6   127.8      1.3       .2  
       39         | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries...... |12/85| 132.7   132.1   132.3       .6       .2  
                  |                                              |     |                                          
                  |Services industries                           |     |                                          
       40         | Railroad transportation..................... |12/96| 104.2   106.8   106.6      3.1     -0.2  
       42         | Motor freight transportation and warehousing |06/93| 123.5   124.0   123.2      1.1      -.6  
       43         | United States Postal Service................ |06/89| 145.4   145.4   145.4      7.5    0      
       44         | Water transportation........................ |12/92| 133.2   131.2   129.7      3.8     -1.1  
       45         | Transportation by air....................... |12/92| 159.0   158.5   155.3       .6     -2.0  
       46         | Pipe lines, except natural gas.............. |12/86| 111.2   111.3   111.3      8.5    0      
       54         | Food stores................................. |12/99| 109.4   111.5   109.7      4.8     -1.6  
       59         | Miscellaneous retail........................ |06/00| 100.4   101.3    99.5      2.1     -1.8  
       80         | Health services............................. |12/94| 116.7   117.0   117.4      2.9       .3  
       81         | Legal services.............................. |12/96| 118.5   118.5   118.7      4.0       .2  
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1/ Indexes in this table are derived from the net-output-weighted industry price indexes.  Because of differences
   in coverage and aggregation methodology, they will generally not match the movements of similarly titled 
   indexes which are derived from traditional commodity groupings.
2/ The indexes for August 2001 have been recalculated to incorporate late reports and corrections by respondents.
   All indexes are subject to revision 4 months after original publication. 
Table 5.  Producer price indexes by stage of processing, seasonally adjusted
(1982=100)
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                                                       |
                                                       |                      Index 1/   
                                                       |_____________________________________________________
               Grouping                                |        |        |        |        |        |        
                                                       |  July  |  Aug.  |  Sep.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Dec.  
                                                       |  2001  |  2001  |  2001  |  2001  |  2001  |  2001  
_______________________________________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                                                       |                                                     
      Finished goods...................................|  140.2    140.7    141.4    139.1    138.3    137.4
        Finished consumer goods........................|  140.6    141.3    142.2    139.5    138.4    137.2
          Finished consumer foods......................|  141.1    142.1    142.4    141.8    140.7    140.5
            Crude......................................|  113.9    121.5    124.9    121.1    123.5    128.7
            Processed..................................|  143.3    143.7    143.8    143.4    142.1    141.5
          Finished consumer goods, excluding foods.....|  140.3    140.8    141.9    138.3    137.2    135.6
            Nondurable goods less foods................|  141.0    141.8    143.1    138.8    137.1    135.0
            Durable goods..............................|  134.4    134.5    135.0    133.2    133.5    133.0
        Capital equipment..............................|  140.1    140.2    140.3    139.3    139.5    139.3
          Manufacturing industries.....................|  140.6    140.6    140.6    140.1    140.3    140.2
          Nonmanufacturing industries..................|  139.9    139.9    140.1    138.9    139.1    138.9
                                                       |                
      Intermediate materials, supplies, and components.|  129.5    129.1    129.4    127.4    126.8    125.7
        Materials and components for manufacturing.....|  127.4    126.8    126.6    126.0    125.3    124.8
          Materials for food manufacturing.............|  125.9    127.4    127.1    126.2    124.1    122.7
          Materials for nondurable manufacturing.......|  131.4    129.9    130.0    128.8    127.5    126.3
          Materials for durable manufacturing..........|  125.3    124.7    124.3    123.5    122.8    122.6
          Components for manufacturing.................|  126.4    126.2    125.9    126.0    126.0    126.1
        Materials and components for construction......|  151.0    151.0    150.8    150.4    150.4    150.1
        Processed fuels and lubricants.................|  103.2    102.6    104.4     96.4     94.9     90.6
          Manufacturing industries ....................|  105.4    104.5    105.2    100.9    100.0     96.8
          Nonmanufacturing industries..................|  101.6    101.2    103.7     93.6     91.8     86.8
        Containers.....................................|  153.5    152.9    153.0    152.4    152.1    152.2
        Supplies.......................................|  138.7    138.7    138.6    138.3    138.3    138.2
          Manufacturing industries.....................|  145.6    145.3    145.0    144.9    144.9    144.7
          Nonmanufacturing industries..................|  135.8    135.9    135.8    135.5    135.5    135.3
            Feeds......................................|   96.7     99.7     98.8     97.5     96.5     95.6
            Other supplies.............................|  140.5    140.3    140.4    140.1    140.2    140.1
                                                       |                
      Crude materials for further processing...........|  113.1    112.3    108.1     98.3    105.5     95.5
        Foodstuffs and feedstuffs......................|  108.0    107.6    108.7    105.9     99.7     97.8
        Nonfood materials..............................|  112.5    111.5    103.8     89.5    105.6     90.4
          Nonfood materials except fuel 2/.............|  103.9    102.8    103.6     93.2     90.0     82.2
            Manufacturing 2/...........................|   95.4     94.4     95.1     85.3     82.2     74.9
            Construction...............................|  183.4    182.5    182.6    180.1    179.5    179.7
          Crude fuel 3/................................|  115.4    114.6     95.8     77.2    118.7     94.5
            Manufacturing industries...................|  113.1    113.1     93.9     74.4    115.3     92.4
            Nonmanufacturing industries................|  117.6    116.8     97.6     78.8    121.1     96.4
                                                       |
                     Special groupings                 |
                                                       |
      Finished goods, excluding foods..................|  139.8    140.2    140.9    138.2    137.4    136.3
      Intermediate materials less foods and feeds......|  130.3    129.7    130.0    128.0    127.4    126.3
      Intermediate foods and feeds.....................|  116.9    118.9    118.4    117.4    115.6    114.4
      Crude materials less agricultural products 2/....|  113.7    112.8    104.7     90.0    106.6     90.7
                                                       |
      Finished energy goods............................|   93.4     94.6     96.7     89.3     85.9     82.5
      Finished goods less energy.......................|  147.8    148.1    148.4    147.6    147.5    147.3
      Finished consumer goods less energy..............|  151.0    151.4    151.7    151.0    150.9    150.7
                                                       |
      Finished goods less foods and energy.............|  150.4    150.5    150.7    149.9    150.2    150.0
      Finished consumer goods less foods and energy....|  157.4    157.4    157.7    157.0    157.4    157.2
      Consumer nondurable goods less foods and energy..|  175.6    175.6    175.7    175.9    176.4    176.4
                                                       |
      Intermediate energy goods........................|  102.8    102.2    104.0     96.1     94.6     90.3
      Intermediate materials less energy...............|  135.2    134.9    134.7    134.2    133.8    133.4
      Intermediate materials less foods and energy.....|  136.4    135.9    135.8    135.3    135.0    134.7
                                                       |
      Crude energy materials 2/........................|  103.6    103.1     93.1     75.2     96.5     76.7
      Crude materials less energy......................|  113.6    112.6    113.4    110.8    106.0    104.6
      Crude nonfood materials less energy 3/...........|  130.8    128.4    128.3    126.1    125.1    125.2
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  1/  All seasonally adjusted indexes are subject to change up to 5 years after original publication due to  
      the recalculation of seasonal factors each January.  The indexes for August 2001 have been recalculated
      to incorporate late reports and corrections by respondents.
  2/  Includes crude petroleum.
  3/  Excludes crude petroleum.



Technical Note



                Brief Explanation of Producer Price Indexes

     The term Producer Price Index (PPI) refers to a family of indexes that
measure the average change over time in the selling 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 may differ due to
government subsidies, sales and excise taxes, and distribution costs.

     More than 10,000 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 transportation, utilities, trade, finance, and services  sectors of the
economy.

     More than 100,000 price quotations per month are organized into three
sets of producer price indexes: (1) stage-of-processing indexes; (2)
commodity indexes; and (3) indexes for the net output of industries and
their products.  The stage-of-processing structure (tables 1, 2, and 5)
organizes products by class of buyer and degree of fabrication.  The
commodity structure (tables 2 and 3) 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 (table 4).

     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; and nondurable goods such as apparel
and home heating oil.  Capital equipment includes producer 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.

     Producer price indexes for the net output of industries and their
products are grouped according to the Standard Industrial Classification
(SIC).  Industry price indexes are compatible with other economic time
series organized by SIC codes, such as data on employment, wages, and
productivity.  Table 4 lists indexes for the net output of major mining and
manufacturing industry groups at the 2-digit level.

     Producer price indexes 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 are also 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 are normally reported by mail questionnaire for
the Tuesday of the week containing the 13th.

    Price data are provided on a voluntary and confidential basis; no one
but sworn BLS employees are allowed access to individual company price
reports.  The Bureau publishes price indexes instead of unit dollar prices.
All producer price indexes are routinely subject to revision once, 4 months
after original publication, to reflect the availability of late reports and
corrections by respondents.

    The 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 every 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 service industries includes the month in which
an article describing the industry's content appeared in the PPI Detailed
Report:

		                                 PPI Detailed	
        Industry                     SIC     Report Issue	
			
Wireless Telecommunications          4812     July 1999	
Telephone Communications, Except 
   Radio Telephone                   4813     July 1995
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
Miscellaneous Retail                 59       January 2001
Security Brokers, Dealers, and 
   Investment Bankers	             6211     January 2001
Life Insurance Carriers              6311     January 1999	
Property and Casualty Insurance      6331     July 1998	
Operators and Lessors of 			
   Nonresidential Buildings          6512     January 1996	
Real Estate Agents and Managers      6531     January 1996	
Prepackaged Software                 7372     January 1998	
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	
Premiums for Property and Casualty 			
   Insurance                         9331     July 1998	


     Weights for most traditional commodity groupings of the PPI, as well
as all indexes (such as stage-of-processing indexes) calculated from
traditional commodity groupings, currently reflect 1992 values of shipments
as reported in the Census of Manufactures and other sources.  From January
1992 through December 1995, PPI weights were derived from 1987 shipment
values.  Industry indexes shown in table 4 are also now calculated with
1992 net output weights.  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 in one industry to establishments classified in another
industry.  However, weights for commodity price indexes are based on gross
shipment values, including shipment values between establishments within
the same industry. As a result, broad commodity grouping indexes such as
the all commodities index 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 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.

     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 changes to previously published percent changes for
affected PPI series. (See "Calculating Index Changes," below.) The new
reference base is not used for indexes with a base later than December
1981, nor for indexes for the net output of industries 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. Reprints are available
from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on request.

                         Calculating Index Changes

     Each index measures price changes from a reference period which equals
100.0 (1982 or some later month). 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 can also be expressed in dollars as follows:
"Prices received by domestic producers of a systematic sample of finished
goods have risen from $100 in 1982 to $105.50 today." Likewise, a current
index of 90.0 would indicate that prices received by producers of finished
goods today 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 because
index point changes are affected by the level of the index in relation to
its base period, whereas percent changes are not.  The example below 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, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes seasonally adjusted and
unadjusted changes each month.  Seasonally adjusted data are preferred for
analyzing general price trends in the economy because they 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 in escalating
long-term contracts such as purchasing agreements or real estate leases.
(See Escalation and Producer Price Indexes:  A Guide for Contracting
Parties, BLS Report 807, September 1991, available on request from BLS.)

     For more information, 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.