Quarterly Topical Articles on Producer Price Indexes
These quarterly reports highlight recent trends in producer price inflation in the U.S. economy. They supplement the regular monthly press release by focusing on special topics and longer term trends in the economy, providing users a more in depth analysis of price information.
2012
- Gold prices during and after the Great Recession (4Q 2012) (HTML) (PDF)
- Will the 2012 drought have a bigger impact on grocery prices than the 1988 drought? (3Q 2012) (HTML) (PDF)
- Wholesale and retail Producer Price Indexes: margin prices (2Q 2012) (HTML) (PDF)
- How new fees are affecting the Producer Price Index for air travel (1Q 2012) (HTML) (PDF)
2011
- The 2012 PPI Weight Update: How and why does BLS update revenue weights? (4Q 2011) (HTML) (PDF)
- Technology in Commodity Markets (3Q 2011) (HTML) (PDF)
- The Impact of Fuel Surcharges on the PPI (2Q 2011)
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- Grain Prices and Our Grocery Bill (1Q 2011)
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2010
- Producer Price Index Introduces Experimental Aggregation System (4Q 2010)
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- What Does the Producer Price Index Measure? (3Q 2010)
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- PPI Industry or Commodity Data: Which Better Suits Your Needs? (2Q 2010)
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- Intermediate Materials Continue their Advance; Other Producer Price Highlights (1Q 2010)
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Last Modified Date: February 28, 2012
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