[Economic Indicators April, 1995]
[Page Number 22]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
                                 PRICES

PRODUCER PRICES

In March, the producer price index for all finished goods was unchanged. 
Prices of finished consumer foods fell 0.2 percent while prices of other 
finished consumer goods rose 0.1 percent. Capital equipment prices fell 
0.1 percent.
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                                                      [1982=100; monthly data seasonally adjusted]                                                      
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                                                        Finished goods                                   Intermediate materials       Crude materials   
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                                                Finished goods excluding consumer foods                                                    Food-        
        Period            Total            -------------------------------------------------   Total                                      stuffs        
                        finished  Consumer                 Consumer goods                    finished   Total  Foods and   Other   Total    and    Other
                          goods     foods    Total ------------------------------  Capital   consumer          feeds \1\                   feed-        
                                                     Total   Durable  Nondurable  equipment    goods                                      stuffs        
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1985..................     104.7    104.6    104.6   103.3     106.5       101.7    107.5       103.8   102.7      97.3    103.0    95.8    94.8    96.9
1986..................     103.2    107.3    101.9    98.5     108.9        93.3    109.7       101.4    99.1      96.2     99.3    87.7    93.2    81.6
1987..................     105.4    109.5    104.0   100.7     111.5        94.9    111.7       103.6   101.5      99.2    101.7    93.7    96.2    87.9
1988..................     108.0    112.6    106.5   103.1     113.8        97.3    114.3       106.2   107.1     109.5    106.9    96.0   106.1    85.5
1989..................     113.6    118.7    111.8   108.9     117.6       103.8    118.8       112.1   112.0     113.8    111.9   103.1   111.2    93.4
1990..................     119.2    124.4    117.4   115.3     120.4       111.5    122.9       118.2   114.5     113.3    114.5   108.9   113.1   101.5
1991..................     121.7    124.1    120.9   118.7     123.9       115.0    126.7       120.5   114.4     111.1    114.6   101.2   105.5    94.6
1992..................     123.2    123.3    123.1   120.8     125.7       117.3    129.1       121.7   114.7     110.7    114.9   100.4   105.1    93.5
1993..................     124.7    125.7    124.4   121.7     128.0       117.6    131.4       123.0   116.2     112.7    116.4   102.4   108.4    94.7
1994 p................     125.5    126.8    125.1   121.6     130.9       116.2    134.1       123.3   118.5     114.8    118.7   101.7   106.5    94.8
                                                                                                                                                        
1994: Mar  ...........     125.2    127.4    124.5   121.1     130.1       115.9    133.3       123.1   117.2     117.7    117.2   102.9   111.8    93.3
      Apr ............     125.2    126.8    124.7   121.2     130.3       115.9    133.7       123.0   117.2     117.2    117.2   103.5   111.2    94.6
      May ............     125.1    126.1    124.8   121.2     131.0       115.6    134.1       122.8   117.4     116.3    117.4   101.9   106.9    94.7
      June ...........     125.2    125.6    125.0   121.4     131.1       115.8    134.3       122.8   117.8     115.3    118.0   103.0   106.4    96.8
      July ...........     125.5    126.1    125.2   121.7     131.3       116.2    134.4       123.2   118.2     112.6    118.5   102.6   103.9    97.8
      Aug ............     126.2    126.4    126.0   122.7     131.8       117.4    134.7       123.9   119.0     112.9    119.3   102.6   102.8    98.5
      Sept ...........     125.8    126.2    125.6   122.0     131.9       116.3    135.0       123.4   119.5     113.5    119.8   100.1   102.6    94.7
      Oct ............     125.3    126.1    125.0   121.4     131.0       115.8    134.3       122.9   119.9     112.5    120.3    99.5   101.5    94.4
      Nov r...........     126.1    127.3    125.6   122.2     131.4       116.9    134.5       123.9   120.9     112.5    121.4   100.1   102.4    94.7
      Dec ............     126.5    129.0    125.7   122.1     131.7       116.6    135.0       124.3   121.5     111.8    122.0   100.0   102.4    94.5
                                                                                                                                                        
1995: Jan ............     126.9    128.2    126.4   123.0     132.0       117.7    135.4       124.7   122.7     112.6    123.2   101.0   102.3    96.2
      Feb.............     127.3    128.6    126.8   123.4     132.0       118.3    135.8       125.1   123.8     112.4    124.4   102.5   103.5    97.9
      Mar ............     127.3    128.4    126.9   123.5     132.0       118.4    135.7       125.1   124.2     112.7    124.8   101.2   101.0    97.3
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    \1\ Intermediate materials for 
food manufacturing and feeds.

    Source: Department of Labor, 
Bureau of Labor Statistics.