How do I find Producer Price Index?
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The Producer Price Index (PPI) measures average changes in prices received by domestic producers for their output. The PPI was known as the Wholesale Price Index, or WPI, up to 1978. The PPI is one of the oldest continuous systems of statistical data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as well as one of the oldest economic time series compiled by the Federal Government.[1] The origins of the index can be found in an 1891 U.S. Senate resolution authorizing the Senate Committee on Finance to investigate the effects of the tariff laws “upon the imports and exports, the growth, development, production, and prices of agricultural and manufactured articles at home and abroad.”[ The PPI for an industry measures the average change in prices received for an industry’s output sold to another industry. For more than 20 years the PPI used the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system to collect and publish data. This system received criticism for its inability to adapt to changes in the United States economy. Consequently, the BLS began in January 2004 to publish the PPI data in accordance with the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). This system was developed in cooperation with Canada and Mexico, and categorizes producers into industries based on the activity in which they are primarily engaged.
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The Producers¡¯ Price Index (PPI) For Manufactured Goods Increased 3.1% in January
The Producers¡¯ Price Index (PPI) for manufactured goods increased by 3.1% in January as compared with the same month last year, purchasing prices for raw materials, fuels and power were up by 6.4% (note).
PPI for means of production were up by 4.2% over the same month of last year. Of which, prices for mining and quarrying industry, raw materials industry and machining industry were respectively up by 25.2%¡¢6.4% and 0.1%. The producers¡¯ prices for means of consumer goods were down by 0.3% than the same month of last year. Of which, the prices for food were down by 0.5%, clothing and articles for daily use were respectively up by 1.4% and 0.8%, while that durable consumer goods dropped by 2.4%.
You can look in the annual reports of the company, but you will have to calculate it yourself. This sort of information is not generally produced by individual companies.
Instead, you could get this information for specific industries from various government websites.
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