November 15, 1999 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Producer prices in October
The Producer Price
Index for Finished Goods decreased 0.1 percent in October, seasonally
adjusted. This decline followed a 1.1-percent advance in September and a
0.5-percent gain in August. The index for finished goods other than foods
and energy rose 0.3 percent in October, after advancing 0.8 percent in the
prior month.
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Prices received by producers of intermediate goods rose 0.3 percent,
the same as in September. The crude goods index turned down 1.6 percent,
after posting a 5.1-percent increase in the previous month.
From October 1998 to October 1999, the finished goods index advanced
2.7 percent (unadjusted). Over the past 12 months, the index for finished
goods other than foods and energy moved up 1.9 percent. Prices received by
producers of intermediate goods increased 2.4 percent for the 12 months
ended in October 1999, and the index for crude materials rose 11.6 percent
during the same period.
These data are a product of the BLS Producer
Price Index program. Find out more
in Producer
Price Indexes, October 1999, news
release USDL 99-319. 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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