April 14, 2000 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Producer prices up 1.0 percent again in March
The Producer Price
Index for Finished Goods increased 1.0 percent in March, seasonally
adjusted. This rise followed a 1.0-percent increase in February and no
change in January.
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Most of the March increase for finished goods can be attributed to a
5.8- percent jump in finished energy goods. The index for finished goods
other than foods and energy edged up 0.1 percent in March, following a
0.3-percent gain in the prior month.
From March 1999 to March 2000, the Finished Goods Price Index increased
4.5 percent (unadjusted). Over the past 12 months, the index for finished goods other
than foods and energy gained 1.2 percent, prices for finished consumer
foods increased 0.9 percent, and the index for finished energy goods
advanced 29.2 percent.
These data are a product of the BLS Producer
Price Index program. Find out more
in Producer
Price Indexes, March 2000, news
release USDL 00-101. All producer price indexes are routinely subject to
revision once, 4 months after original publication, to reflect the
availability of late reports and corrections by respondents.
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