December 13, 1999 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Producer prices in November
The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods
advanced 0.2 percent in November, seasonally adjusted. This advance
followed a 0.1-percent decline in October and a 1.1-percent rise in
September.
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The index for finished goods other than foods and energy showed no
change in November, after registering a 0.3-percent gain a month earlier.
Prices received by producers of intermediate goods increased 0.3 percent
for the third consecutive month. The crude goods index rose 4.0 percent,
following a 1.6- percent drop in the previous month.
From November 1998 to November 1999, the finished goods index advanced
3.1 percent (unadjusted). Over the preceding 12 months, prices for
finished energy goods increased 15.4 percent, prices for finished consumer
foods edged up 0.4 percent, and the index for finished goods other than
foods and energy rose 1.8 percent. Prices received by producers of
intermediate goods gained 3.0 percent for the 12 months ended in November
1999, and the index for crude materials advanced 16.0 percent during the
same period.
These data are a product of the BLS Producer
Price Index program. Find out more in Producer
Price Indexes, November 1999, news release USDL 99-350. 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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