US Producer Price Index for finished goods rises 0.3% in August from July on seasonally adjusted basis, 1.4% year-over-year on unadjusted basis; excluding food and energy costs, prices were unchanged in August versus July: Dept. of Labor
Cindy Allen
WASHINGTON
,
September 13, 2013
(press release)
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The Producer Price Index for finished goods rose 0.3 percent in August, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Prices for finished goods were unchanged in
2012 Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2013 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.(1) May(1) June July Aug. Footnotes
July and increased 0.8 percent in June. At the earlier stages of processing, prices received by producers of intermediate goods were unchanged in August, and the crude goods index fell 2.7
percent. On an unadjusted basis, prices for finished goods moved up 1.4 percent for the 12 months ended in August, the smallest advance since a 0.5-percent rise in April 2013.
Month
Finished goods
Intermediate
goods Crude
goods
Total
Foods
Energy
Except foods
and energy Change in
finished goods
from 12 months
ago (unadj.)
1.0
0.7
4.1
0.0
1.9
1.0
4.7
1.0
0.1
4.1
0.1
2.1
1.2
1.5
-0.2
0.5
-0.9
0.0
2.3
0.0
0.0
-0.5
1.1
-3.1
0.1
1.5
-0.8
0.3
-0.1
-0.6
-0.4
0.2
1.4
0.0
1.3
0.2
0.7
-0.6
0.2
1.5
0.2
0.0
0.7
-0.7
3.2
0.1
1.8
1.2
0.1
-0.6
0.9
-3.6
0.2
1.1
-1.2
-1.7
-0.7
-1.0
-2.5
0.1
0.5
-0.6
-0.9
0.5
0.8
1.3
0.1
1.7
0.1
2.3
0.8
0.2
2.9
0.2
2.5
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.2
0.1
2.1
0.0
1.2
0.3
0.6
0.8
0.0
1.4
0.0
-2.7
(1) Some of the figures shown above and elsewhere in this release may differ from those previously reported because data for April 2013 have been revised to reflect the availability of late reports and corrections by respondents.
PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - AUGUST 2013
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