[Economic Indicators April, 1998]
[Page Number 22]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
                                 PRICES

PRODUCER PRICES

The producer price index for all finished goods fell 0.3 percent in 
March. Prices of finished consumer foods fell 0.4 percent, while prices 
of other finished consumer goods fell 0.5 percent. Capital equipment 
prices were unchanged.
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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    Con-  ---------------------------------------------------   Total                                        stuffs         
                                                             finished   sumer                   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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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.......................................................     125.5   126.8    125.1    121.6     130.9       116.2     134.1      123.3    118.5     114.8    118.7    101.8   106.5     94.8
1995.......................................................     127.9   129.0    127.5    124.0     132.7       118.8     136.7      125.6    124.9     114.8    125.5    102.7   105.8     96.8
1996 ......................................................     131.3   133.6    130.5    127.6     134.2       123.3     138.3      129.5    125.7     128.1    125.6    113.8   121.5    104.5
1997 p.....................................................     131.8   134.5    130.9    128.2     133.8       124.3     138.3      130.2    125.6     125.4    125.7    110.9   112.2    106.0
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1997:Mar ..................................................     132.4   135.5    131.4    128.8     134.6       124.8     138.5      131.0    126.0     127.3    125.9    107.4   114.1     99.0
      Apr .................................................     131.9   134.9    130.9    128.0     134.4       123.8     138.4      130.2    125.6     127.8    125.5    107.9   117.5     97.7
      May .................................................     131.7   135.4    130.5    127.6     133.8       123.4     138.2      130.0    125.5     128.3    125.4    109.9   116.4    101.6
      June ................................................     131.4   134.3    130.4    127.5     133.6       123.3     138.2      129.6    125.4     126.6    125.4    106.9   110.9    100.3
      July ................................................     131.1   133.9    130.1    127.2     132.9       123.2     138.1      129.3    125.2     124.5    125.3    106.4   110.2    100.0
      Aug .................................................     131.3   133.8    130.4    127.5     133.1       123.6     138.1      129.5    125.3     124.0    125.4    106.8   109.8    101.0
      Sept ................................................     131.8   133.8    131.1    128.3     133.6       124.6     138.4      130.1    125.5     125.4    125.6    108.2   109.5    103.4
      Oct..................................................     131.8   134.7    130.9    128.2     133.7       124.3     138.0      130.3    125.4     122.4    125.6    113.2   110.7    110.7
      Nov r................................................     131.6   134.3    130.7    128.0     133.3       124.2     137.9      130.0    125.6     124.3    125.7    115.0   110.6    113.8
      Dec .................................................     131.4   134.1    130.5    127.8     133.4       123.9     137.8      129.8    125.3     123.2    125.4    108.2   110.4    102.7
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1998:Jan...................................................     130.5   133.5    129.5    126.4     133.1       122.1     137.7      128.7    124.5     119.2    124.8    103.3   106.8     97.1
      Feb .................................................     130.4   134.1    129.2    126.0     133.0       121.5     137.6      128.5    124.2     119.1    124.5    100.7   106.0     93.3
      Mar..................................................     130.0   133.6    128.8    125.4     132.9       120.8     137.6      128.0    123.6     117.2    124.0     99.1   106.7     90.2
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    \1\ Intermediate materials for 
food manufacturing and feeds.
    Note.--Beginning 1998, indexes 
are based on updated weight 
allocations.
    Source: Department of Labor, 
Bureau of Labor Statistics.