Producer Price Indexes

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

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  NEW PPI Variance Estimates for 2018 Data
 "BLS Price data: What do they tell us?" will be a featured topic at the BLS Data Users' Conference in Chicago on Monday, August 26
 PPI Industry Net Output Ratios Updated with 2012 Input-Output Data
NEW Monthly Labor Review: Producer prices mixed in 2018, energy prices retreat from 2017 highs
NEW Does the PPI include tariffs in its estimates of price change?

  Next Release:
  August 2019 PPI data are scheduled to be released on September 11, 2019, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.

Latest PPI News Releases

PPI for final demand advances 0.2% in July; goods increase 0.4%, services fall 0.1%

08/09/2019

The Producer Price Index for final demand advanced 0.2 percent in July, as prices for final demand goods increased 0.4 percent, and the index for final demand services fell 0.1 percent. The final demand index rose 1.7 percent for the 12 months ended in July.
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Report on Quality Changes for 2019 Model Vehicles

November 9, 2018

The value of quality changes for a sample of 2019 model year domestically produced passenger cars and light motor trucks included in the Producer Price Index for October averaged $94.11 for passenger cars and $102.48 for light motor trucks. More...
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PPI Databases

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Database Name	Special Notice	Top Picks	Data Finder	One Screen	Multi- Screen	Tables	Text Files
Industry Data (Producer Price Index - PPI)
Commodity Data including "headline" FD-ID indexes (Producer Price Index - PPI)

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PPI Tables

PPI Relative Importance Tables:

Tables of PPI Components and Weights

Final demand

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

Intermediate demand by commodity type

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

Intermediate demand by production flow

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

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

PPI Seasonal Factor Tables:

Archived PPI relative importance tables and seasonal factors

PPI Detailed Report Tables:

Tables of Detailed PPIs and Special Indexes

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

PPI Percent Change Tables:

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

PPI Publications

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

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

Electric Power Generation and Electric Bulk Power Transmission and Control (NAICS 221110 and 221121)
Nonresidential Building Construction Sector
- New Industrial Building Construction (NAICS 236211)
- New Warehouse Building Construction (NAICS 236221)
- New School Construction (NAICS 236222)
- New Office Building Construction (NAICS 236223)
- New Health Care Building Construction (NAICS 236224)
- Construction Trade Contractors (NAICS 23811X, 23816X, 23821X, and 23822X)
Petroleum Refining (NAICS 324110)
Pharmaceutical Preparations (NAICS 325412)
Wholesale Trade Sector (NAICS 423-424)
More Retail Trade Industries (NAICS 441210, 441222, 447110, 447190)
Additional Retail Trade Industries
Retail Trade Sector: Complete Coverage
Television Broadcast Industry (NAICS 515120)
Wired Telecommunications Carriers (NAICS 517311)
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (NAICS 517312)
Data Processing and Related Services Industry (NAICS 518210)
Internet Publishing and Web Search Portals (NAICS 519130)
Commercial Banking and Savings Institutions (NAICS 522110 and 522120)
Security and Commodity Contracts Intermediaries and Brokerages (NAICS 5231)
Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (NAICS 523920 and 523930)
Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers (NAICS 524114)
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages (NAICS 524210)
Construction, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (NAICS 532412)
Management Consulting Services (NAICS 541610)
Security Guards and Patrol Services (NAICS 561612)
Offices of Dentists (NAICS 621210)
Blood and Organ Banks (NAICS 621991)
Amusement and Theme Parks (NAICS 713110)
Golf Courses and Country Clubs (NAICS 713910)
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (NAICS 713940)
Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance (NAICS 811310)

PPI Special Notices

Error in PPI Petroleum Industry Indexes (January 2019)
Discontinued Durability of Product PPIs (November 2018)
PPI Introduces Hedonic Price Estimation for Notebook Microprocessors (July 2018)
PPI Introduces Hedonic Price Estimation for Server Microprocessors (July 2018)
PPI Introduces Hedonic Price Estimation for Integrated Microcircuits Indexes (February 2018)
PPI Weights Updated for 2012 Census Shipment Values (February 2018)
PPI Introduces Hedonic Quality Adjustment for Internet Access Indexes (January 2017)
PPI Introduces Regional Indexes for New Nonresidential Building Construction (December 2016)
Addition of Regional Detail for Natural Gas Distribution PPIs (November 2016)
Restoration of Discontinued PPIs Under Commodity Code 114112 (April 2016)
Stage of Processing (SOP) Duplicate Codes to be Discontinued (August 2015)
Changes to PPI Sample Update Frequency (March 2015)
Updated Inputs to Industry Producer Price Indexes (February 2015)
PPI Industry Net Output Ratios Updated (January 2015)
PPI Commodity Weight Allocations to Final Demand-Intermediate Demand (November 2014)
PPI Revises the Methodology for the Inputs to Industries Indexes (November 2014)
Expansion of PPIs for Health Care Services by Payer Type (August 2014)
PPI to Transition from Stage-of-Processing to Final Demand-Intermediate Demand Aggregation System (August 2013)

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Latest Numbers

FINAL DEMAND:

SA
+0.2%(p) in Jul 2019

NSA
+0.2%(p) in Jul 2019

NSA
+1.7%(p) since Jul 2018

FINAL DEMAND GOODS:

Total
+0.4%(p) in Jul 2019

Foods
+0.2%(p) in Jul 2019

Energy
+2.3%(p) in Jul 2019

Core goods
+0.1%(p) in Jul 2019

FINAL DEMAND SERVICES:

Total
-0.1%(p) in Jul 2019

Transportation and warehousing
+0.2%(p) in Jul 2019

Trade
+0.2%(p) in Jul 2019

Other
-0.3%(p) in Jul 2019

FINAL DEMAND CONSTRUCTION:

Construction
+0.6%(p) in Jul 2019

INTERMEDIATE DEMAND BY COMMODITY TYPE:

Processed goods
+0.2%(p) in Jul 2019

Unprocessed goods
+1.6%(p) in Jul 2019

Services
-0.2%(p) in Jul 2019

INTERMEDIATE DEMAND BY PRODUCTION FLOW:

Stage 4 intermediate demand
+0.1%(p) in Jul 2019

Stage 3 intermediate demand
-0.2%(p) in Jul 2019

Stage 2 intermediate demand
+0.5%(p) in Jul 2019

Stage 1 intermediate demand
+0.3%(p) in Jul 2019

GOODS:

Motor vehicles
+0.3%(p) in Jul 2019

Pharmaceutical preparations
+0.1%(p) in Jul 2019

Gasoline
+5.2%(p) in Jul 2019

Meats
+0.1%(p) in Jul 2019

Industrial chemicals
-1.2%(p) in Jul 2019

Lumber
+0.4%(p) in Jul 2019

Steel mill products
-2.6%(p) in Jul 2019

Diesel fuel
+7.9%(p) in Jul 2019

Prepared animal feeds
-1.0%(p) in Jul 2019

Crude petroleum
+10.9%(p) in Jul 2019

Grains
+1.5%(p) in Jul 2019

Carbon steel scrap
-3.4%(p) in Jul 2019

SERVICES:

Outpatient healthcare
+0.1%(p) in Jul 2019

Inpatient healthcare services
-0.1%(p) in Jul 2019

Food and alcohol retailing
-0.1%(p) in Jul 2019

Apparel and jewelry retailing
+0.2%(p) in Jul 2019

Airline passenger services
+1.5%(p) in Jul 2019

Securities brokerage, dealing, investment, and related services
-0.2%(p) in Jul 2019

Business loans (partial)
-5.8%(p) in Jul 2019

Legal services
+0.3%(p) in Jul 2019

Truck transportation of freight
-0.6%(p) in Jul 2019

Machinery and equipment wholesaling
+0.2%(p) in Jul 2019

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