November 17, 1999 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
PPI rising at an annual rate of 2.9 percent through October
For the first 10 months of 1999, the Producer
Price Index for Finished Goods increased at a 2.9-percent seasonally
adjusted annual rate (SAAR), after showing no change for the 1998 calendar
year.
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Prices for finished goods other than foods and energy rose at a
0.9-percent SAAR for the first 10 months of 1999, after posting a
2.5-percent gain in the previous calendar year.
The index for intermediate goods increased at a 4.0-percent SAAR from
December 1998 to October 1999, following a 3.3-percent decline during the
1998 calendar year. Prices for crude goods advanced at a 19.4-percent SAAR
during the first 10 months of 1999, after a 16.7-percent decrease during
all of 1998.
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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