[Economic Report of the President (1996)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
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Table B-63.--Producer price indexes for major commodity groups, 1950-95
[1982=100]
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Farm products and processed                Industrial commodities
foods and feeds       ---------------------------------------------------
------------------------------                     Hides,
Textile   skins,     Fuels
Year or month                             Processed           products  leather,     and     Chemicals
Total     Farm    foods and   Total      and       and     related   and allied
products    feeds              apparel   related  products  products\1\
products     and
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------power\1\-------------
1950..........................     37.7      44.0      33.2      25.0      50.2      32.9      12.6       30.4
1951..........................     43.0      51.2      36.9      27.6      56.0      37.7      13.0       34.8
1952..........................     41.3      48.4      36.4      26.9      50.5      30.5      13.0       33.0
1953..........................     38.6      43.8      34.8      27.2      49.3      31.0      13.4       33.4
1954..........................     38.5      43.2      35.4      27.2      48.2      29.5      13.2       33.8
1955..........................     36.6      40.5      33.8      27.8      48.2      29.4      13.2       33.7
1956..........................     36.4      40.0      33.8      29.1      48.2      31.2      13.6       33.9
1957..........................     37.7      41.1      34.8      29.9      48.3      31.2      14.3       34.6
1958..........................     39.4      42.9      36.5      30.0      47.4      31.6      13.7       34.9
1959..........................     37.6      40.2      35.6      30.5      48.1      35.9      13.7       34.8

1960..........................     37.7      40.1      35.6      30.5      48.6      34.6      13.9       34.8
1961..........................     37.7      39.7      36.2      30.4      47.8      34.9      14.0       34.5
1962..........................     38.1      40.4      36.5      30.4      48.2      35.3      14.0       33.9
1963..........................     37.7      39.6      36.8      30.3      48.2      34.3      13.9       33.5
1964..........................     37.5      39.0      36.7      30.5      48.5      34.4      13.5       33.6
1965..........................     39.0      40.7      38.0      30.9      48.8      35.9      13.8       33.9
1966..........................     41.6      43.7      40.2      31.5      48.9      39.4      14.1       34.0
1967..........................     40.2      41.3      39.8      32.0      48.9      38.1      14.4       34.2
1968..........................     41.1      42.3      40.6      32.8      50.7      39.3      14.3       34.1
1969..........................     43.4      45.0      42.7      33.9      51.8      41.5      14.6       34.2

1970..........................     44.9      45.8      44.6      35.2      52.4      42.0      15.3       35.0
1971..........................     45.8      46.6      45.5      36.5      53.3      43.4      16.6       35.6
1972..........................     49.2      51.6      48.0      37.8      55.5      50.0      17.1       35.6
1973..........................     63.9      72.7      58.9      40.3      60.5      54.5      19.4       37.6
1974..........................     71.3      77.4      68.0      49.2      68.0      55.2      30.1       50.2
1975..........................     74.0      77.0      72.6      54.9      67.4      56.5      35.4       62.0
1976..........................     73.6      78.8      70.8      58.4      72.4      63.9      38.3       64.0
1977..........................     75.9      79.4      74.0      62.5      75.3      68.3      43.6       65.9
1978..........................     83.0      87.7      80.6      67.0      78.1      76.1      46.5       68.0
1979..........................     92.3      99.6      88.5      75.7      82.5      96.1      58.9       76.0

1980..........................     98.3     102.9      95.9      88.0      89.7      94.7      82.8       89.0
1981..........................    101.1     105.2      98.9      97.4      97.6      99.3     100.2       98.4
1982..........................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0      100.0
1983..........................    102.0     102.4     101.8     101.1     100.3     103.2      95.9      100.3
1984..........................    105.5     105.5     105.4     103.3     102.7     109.0      94.8      102.9
1985..........................    100.7      95.1     103.5     103.7     102.9     108.9      91.4      103.7
1986..........................    101.2      92.9     105.4     100.0     103.2     113.0      69.8      102.6
1987..........................    103.7      95.5     107.9     102.6     105.1     120.4      70.2      106.4
1988..........................    110.0     104.9     112.7     106.3     109.2     131.4      66.7      116.3
1989..........................    115.4     110.9     117.8     111.6     112.3     136.3      72.9      123.0

1990..........................    118.6     112.2     121.9     115.8     115.0     141.7      82.3      123.6
1991..........................    116.4     105.7     121.9     116.5     116.3     138.9      81.2      125.6
1992..........................    115.9     103.6     122.1     117.4     117.8     140.4      80.4      125.9
1993..........................    118.4     107.1     124.0     119.0     118.0     143.7      80.0      128.2
1994..........................    119.1     106.3     125.5     120.7     118.3     148.5      77.8      132.1
1995..........................    120.5     107.4     127.0     125.5     120.8     153.6      77.9      142.6

1994: Jan.....................    121.4     112.0     126.0     118.7     117.9     145.1      75.4      128.3
Feb.....................    121.6     112.3     126.2     118.8     117.9     143.8      75.4      128.2
Mar.....................    122.2     112.8     126.8     119.2     117.9     144.6      76.0      128.3
Apr.....................    121.6     111.5     126.6     119.4     117.9     146.1      76.4      129.3
May.....................    120.3     108.7     126.1     119.8     118.0     146.7      77.2      130.2
June....................    119.3     107.2     125.4     120.7     118.1     147.2      79.5      130.7
July....................    117.5     102.8     124.9     121.2     118.4     148.7      80.6      131.2
Aug.....................    117.1     101.0     125.2     121.9     118.5     149.0      82.0      132.6
Sept....................    117.1     101.3     125.0     121.7     118.7     150.8      79.9      134.8
Oct.....................    115.9      98.8     124.5     121.8     118.6     153.2      77.4      136.4
Nov.....................    116.9     101.4     124.7     122.4     118.6     153.7      77.5      137.2
Dec.....................    118.1     105.5     124.3     122.6     118.8     153.5      76.6      138.4

1995: Jan.....................    118.0     103.6     125.2     123.7     119.4     154.1      76.8      140.4
Feb.....................    118.9     104.9     125.9     124.4     119.9     155.2      76.8      141.8
Mar.....................    119.2     105.1     126.2     124.7     120.1     156.2      76.8      142.5
Apr.....................    118.7     104.8     125.6     125.6     120.4     156.1      78.5      144.1
May.....................    117.5     102.6     125.0     126.3     120.8     157.8      80.0      144.4
June....................    118.3     104.2     125.3     126.6     120.8     155.0      81.0      143.8
July....................    119.9     106.2     126.7     126.2     121.0     154.9      79.2      143.6
Aug \2\.................    120.0     105.1     127.5     126.0     121.1     153.2      78.3      142.9
Sept....................    122.0     110.6     127.6     125.8     121.3     151.7      78.3      143.4
Oct.....................    122.6     109.9     128.9     125.5     121.6     150.5      76.3      142.1
Nov.....................    125.0     115.1     130.0     125.3     121.3     149.2      75.9      141.6
Dec.....................    125.6     116.4     130.1     125.5     121.5     149.4      77.2      140.4
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\1\ Prices for some items in this grouping are lagged and refer to 1 month earlier than the index month.
\2\ Data have been revised through August 1995 to reflect the availability of late reports and corrections by
respondents. All data are subject to revision 4 months after original publication.

See next page for continuation of table.


Table B-63.--Producer price indexes for major commodity groups, 1950-95--Continued
[1982=100]
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Industrial commodities--Continued
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Transportation
Pulp,                                                    equipment
Year or month                  Rubber    Lumber    paper,    Metals   Machinery  Furniture  Nonmetallic -------------------
and    and wood     and       and       and        and       mineral              Motor    Miscellaneous
plastic  products   allied     metal   equipment  household    products            vehicles     products
products            products  products              durables                Total     and
equipment
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1950.......................................      35.6      31.4      25.7      22.0       22.6       40.9        23.5   ......       30.0          28.6
1951.......................................      43.7      34.1      30.5      24.5       25.3       44.4        25.0   ......       31.6          30.3
1952.......................................      39.6      33.2      29.7      24.5       25.3       43.5        25.0   ......       33.4          30.2
1953.......................................      36.9      33.1      29.6      25.3       25.9       44.4        26.0   ......       33.3          31.0
1954.......................................      37.5      32.5      29.6      25.5       26.3       44.9        26.6   ......       33.4          31.3
1955.......................................      42.4      34.1      30.4      27.2       27.2       45.1        27.3   ......       34.3          31.3
1956.......................................      43.0      34.6      32.4      29.6       29.3       46.3        28.5   ......       36.3          31.7
1957.......................................      42.8      32.8      33.0      30.2       31.4       47.5        29.6   ......       37.9          32.6
1958.......................................      42.8      32.5      33.4      30.0       32.1       47.9        29.9   ......       39.0          33.3
1959.......................................      42.6      34.7      33.7      30.6       32.8       48.0        30.3   ......       39.9          33.4

1960.......................................      42.7      33.5      34.0      30.6       33.0       47.8        30.4   ......       39.3          33.6
1961.......................................      41.1      32.0      33.0      30.5       33.0       47.5        30.5   ......       39.2          33.7
1962.......................................      39.9      32.2      33.4      30.2       33.0       47.2        30.5   ......       39.2          33.9
1963.......................................      40.1      32.8      33.1      30.3       33.1       46.9        30.3   ......       38.9          34.2
1964.......................................      39.6      33.5      33.0      31.1       33.3       47.1        30.4   ......       39.1          34.4
1965.......................................      39.7      33.7      33.3      32.0       33.7       46.8        30.4   ......       39.2          34.7
1966.......................................      40.5      35.2      34.2      32.8       34.7       47.4        30.7   ......       39.2          35.3
1967.......................................      41.4      35.1      34.6      33.2       35.9       48.3        31.2   ......       39.8          36.2
1968.......................................      42.8      39.8      35.0      34.0       37.0       49.7        32.4   ......       40.9          37.0
1969.......................................      43.6      44.0      36.0      36.0       38.2       50.7        33.6     40.4       41.7          38.1

1970.......................................      44.9      39.9      37.5      38.7       40.0       51.9        35.3     41.9       43.3          39.8
1971.......................................      45.2      44.7      38.1      39.4       41.4       53.1        38.2     44.2       45.7          40.8
1972.......................................      45.3      50.7      39.3      40.9       42.3       53.8        39.4     45.5       47.0          41.5
1973.......................................      46.6      62.2      42.3      44.0       43.7       55.7        40.7     46.1       47.4          43.3
1974.......................................      56.4      64.5      52.5      57.0       50.0       61.8        47.8     50.3       51.4          48.1
1975.......................................      62.2      62.1      59.0      61.5       57.9       67.5        54.4     56.7       57.6          53.4
1976.......................................      66.0      72.2      62.1      65.0       61.3       70.3        58.2     60.5       61.2          55.6
1977.......................................      69.4      83.0      64.6      69.3       65.2       73.2        62.6     64.6       65.2          59.4
1978.......................................      72.4      96.9      67.7      75.3       70.3       77.5        69.6     69.5       70.0          66.7
1979.......................................      80.5     105.5      75.9      86.0       76.7       82.8        77.6     75.3       75.8          75.5

1980.......................................      90.1     101.5      86.3      95.0       86.0       90.7        88.4     82.9       83.1          93.6
1981.......................................      96.4     102.8      94.8      99.6       94.4       95.9        96.7     94.3       94.6          96.1
1982.......................................     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0      100.0      100.0       100.0    100.0      100.0         100.0
1983.......................................     100.8     107.9     103.3     101.8      102.7      103.4       101.6    102.8      102.2         104.8
1984.......................................     102.3     108.0     110.3     104.8      105.1      105.7       105.4    105.2      104.1         107.0
1985.......................................     101.9     106.6     113.3     104.4      107.2      107.1       108.6    107.9      106.4         109.4
1986.......................................     101.9     107.2     116.1     103.2      108.8      108.2       110.0    110.5      109.1         111.6
1987.......................................     103.0     112.8     121.8     107.1      110.4      109.9       110.0    112.5      111.7         114.9
1988.......................................     109.3     118.9     130.4     118.7      113.2      113.1       111.2    114.3      113.1         120.2
1989.......................................     112.6     126.7     137.8     124.1      117.4      116.9       112.6    117.7      116.2         126.5

1990.......................................     113.6     129.7     141.2     122.9      120.7      119.2       114.7    121.5      118.2         134.2
1991.......................................     115.1     132.1     142.9     120.2      123.0      121.2       117.2    126.4      122.1         140.8
1992.......................................     115.1     146.6     145.2     119.2      123.4      122.2       117.3    130.4      124.9         145.3
1993.......................................     116.0     174.0     147.3     119.2      124.0      123.7       120.0    133.7      128.0         145.4
1994.......................................     117.6     180.0     152.5     124.8      125.1      126.1       124.2    137.2      131.4         141.9
1995.......................................     124.3     178.2     172.2     134.5      126.5      128.1       129.0    139.6      133.0         145.1

1994: Jan..................................     116.2     184.6     148.6     120.7      124.6      125.2       121.8    136.5      130.7         141.9
Feb...................................     116.2     183.3     148.8     121.7      124.7      125.4       122.2    136.6      130.9         141.8
Mar..................................     116.2     184.2     149.2     122.3      124.9      125.5       122.9    136.6      130.8         141.6
Apr..................................     116.2     180.3     149.4     122.5      125.1      125.8       123.4    136.7      130.8         141.7
May..................................     116.5     178.2     150.1     122.7      125.2      126.1       123.7    137.1      131.4         141.5
June.................................     116.7     179.4     151.0     123.5      125.2      126.2       124.3    137.0      131.3         141.6
July.................................     117.1     177.4     152.0     124.7      125.3      126.4       124.5    137.2      131.5         141.8
Aug..................................     117.4     177.7     153.1     125.5      125.2      126.3       124.8    137.2      131.6         141.8
Sept.................................     118.5     178.3     154.5     126.5      125.2      126.2       125.1    135.6      129.0         141.8
Oct..................................     119.6     177.8     156.2     127.3      125.2      126.4       125.5    138.5      132.8         142.0
Nov..................................     120.3     179.4     158.0     129.4      125.3      126.7       125.8    138.3      132.5         142.4
Dec..................................     120.9     179.2     159.5     130.6      125.4      126.7       126.0    138.7      133.0         142.4

1995: Jan..................................     122.1     179.6     163.2     133.4      125.9      127.2       126.9    139.6      133.4         143.0
Feb..................................     122.7     179.5     165.9     134.6      126.2      127.5       127.5    139.6      133.3         143.6
Mar..................................     123.4     180.6     168.1     134.7      126.2      127.5       128.2    139.4      133.1         143.8
Apr..................................     124.1     180.4     170.6     135.2      126.4      127.8       129.3    139.3      132.9         144.3
May..................................     124.7     179.7     172.7     134.7      126.5      128.0       129.4    139.3      132.7         145.2
June.................................     125.1     178.0     174.5     134.8      126.5      128.1       129.3    139.0      132.2         145.3
July.................................     125.2     178.2     175.4     135.2      126.6      128.2       129.3    139.0      132.2         145.7
Aug \2\..............................     125.3     177.8     175.6     135.5      126.5      128.4       129.4    138.9      131.9         146.6
Sept.................................     125.2     179.3     175.6     135.0      126.7      128.4       129.6    137.0      129.0         145.8
Oct..................................     124.9     177.6     175.0     134.1      126.8      128.5       129.6    140.9      134.6         145.6
Nov..................................     124.7     174.5     175.1     133.7      127.0      128.9       129.7    141.5      135.5         145.5
Dec..................................     124.5     173.6     174.5     133.3      127.0      128.9       129.7    141.5      135.4         146.8
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Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.