New stage of process price system developed for the Producer Price Index,(ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, Apr. 1988

New stage of process price system developed for the Producer Price Index

Robert Gaddie
Economist, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Maureen Zoller
Economist, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics

The new industry-based system applies input/output transaction relationships to the measurement of industrial price change. In addition to the new industry-based stage of process price system, the Bureau is continuing to publish the traditional commodity-based stage of processing system.

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