August 13, 2001 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Producer prices fall again
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined 0.9 percent in July, seasonally adjusted. This index posted a 0.4-percent drop in June and increased 0.1 percent in May.
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Prices received by manufacturers of intermediate goods fell 1.0 percent
in July, following a 0.1-percent decrease a month earlier. The crude goods index posted a 5.3-percent decline, after moving down 6.0 percent in June.
From July 2000 to July 2001, prices for finished goods advanced 1.5 percent.
These data are a product of the BLS Producer
Price Index program. Find out more in the "Producer
Price Indexes, July 2001", news release USDL 01-250. 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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