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July/August 2007, Vol. 130, No. 7

Price highlights, 2006: energy goods retreat, moderating producer prices

Tammy Hredzak
Economist, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Joseph Kowal
Economist, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Antonio Lombardozzi
Economist, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

William Snyders
Economist, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Prices for energy goods turned downward in 2006—their first annual decline since 2001—resulting in smaller overall increases in the indexes for finished goods and intermediate goods and in a downturn in the crude goods index.

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