Producer price highlights, 1998 (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, July 1999

Producer price highlights, 1998

William D. Thomas and Joseph Kowal
Economists, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics

The crude and intermediate stage-of-processing components of the Producer Price Index declined in 1998; however, the finished goods index showed no change, as falling prices for energy goods offset rising prices for consumer goods other than foods and energy.