[Economic Report of the President (1997)]
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Table B-65.--Producer price indexes for major commodity groups, 1954-96
[1982=100]
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Farm products and processed                Industrial commodities
foods and feeds       ---------------------------------------------------
------------------------------                     Hides,
Textile   skins,   Fuelsand
Year or month                             Processed           products  leather,   related   Chemicals
Total     Farm    foods and   Total      and       and    products   and allied
products    feeds              apparel   related     and    products\1\
products  power\1\
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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     153.7      78.0      142.5
1996..........................    129.7     122.3     133.4     127.2     122.4     150.3      85.6      142.1

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.......................    120.0     105.1     127.5     126.0     121.1     153.2      78.3      142.9
Sept......................    122.1     110.7     127.8     125.8     121.5     152.0      78.3      142.6
Oct.......................    122.7     110.2     128.9     125.7     121.6     150.6      76.8      141.8
Nov.......................    125.2     115.4     130.0     125.4     121.3     149.5      75.9      141.0
Dec.......................    125.6     116.5     130.2     125.8     121.3     149.5      77.9      140.7

1996:Jan......................    125.5     116.4     130.0     126.4     121.8     149.0      80.6      140.8
Feb.......................    125.8     116.6     130.3     126.3     121.9     149.3      80.9      140.9
Mar.......................    126.7     119.5     130.3     126.4     122.0     149.7      82.0      141.1
Apr.......................    127.9     121.7     130.9     127.3     122.0     148.4      86.2      141.4
May.......................    131.2     128.1     132.7     127.5     122.3     149.2      86.6      142.2
June......................    132.5     129.6     134.0     127.1     122.3     149.2      85.2      142.2
July......................    133.2     129.9     134.8     127.0     122.6     149.4      85.9      142.0
Aug\2\....................    133.6     128.6     136.1     127.3     122.5     150.3      86.8      142.5
Sept......................    132.4     124.8     136.2     127.2     123.0     150.4      86.7      142.7
Oct.......................    130.6     119.8     135.9     127.4     122.9     152.0      86.7      142.9
Nov.......................    129.3     118.0     134.9     127.8     122.7     153.6      88.1      143.2
Dec.......................    128.0     114.7     134.6     128.9     122.8     153.7      92.0      143.6
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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 1996 to reflect the availability of late reports and corrections by
respondents. All data are subject to revision 4 months after original publication.

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Table B-65.--Producer price indexes for major commodity groups, 1954-96--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 ---------------------  Miscel-
and    and wood     and       and       and        and       mineral                Motor     laneous
plastic  products   allied     metal   equipment  household    products              vehicles    prod-
products            products  products              durables                 Total      and       ucts
equipment
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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     178.1     172.2     134.5      126.6      128.2       129.0      139.7      133.0     145.4
1996..........................................     123.8     176.1     168.6     131.0      126.5      130.3       131.0      141.7      134.1     147.7

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.......................................     125.3     177.8     175.6     135.5      126.5      128.4       129.4      138.9      131.9     146.6
Sept......................................     125.3     178.9     175.4     135.0      126.7      128.5       129.6      137.1      129.1     146.6
Oct.......................................     125.1     177.2     175.4     134.1      127.0      128.9       129.5      141.1      134.8     147.0
Nov.......................................     124.7     174.2     175.2     133.7      127.2      129.3       129.8      141.7      135.5     147.0
Dec.......................................     124.3     173.5     174.7     133.4      127.0      129.3       129.7      141.7      135.4     146.9

1996:Jan......................................     123.9     172.9     174.1     132.8      127.3      129.6       130.0      141.7      134.5     147.7
Feb......................................     123.7     173.0     173.2     131.8      127.3      129.9       130.2      141.7      134.5     146.6
Mar.......................................     123.6     172.8     171.1     131.8      127.0      129.9       130.2      141.8      134.5     146.4
Apr.......................................     123.4     171.9     169.2     132.0      126.6      130.0       130.5      141.6      134.1     146.4
May.......................................     123.7     175.8     168.0     132.4      126.4      130.3       130.8      141.6      134.1     147.8
June......................................     123.8     176.8     167.5     131.9      126.2      130.2       130.9      141.7      134.2     147.8
July......................................     123.9     175.0     167.0     130.4      126.3      130.6       131.2      141.3      133.5     148.3
Aug\2\....................................     124.2     177.0     166.6     130.0      126.4      130.5       131.2      141.4      133.3     148.1
Sept......................................     124.2     180.1     166.8     130.1      126.3      130.6       131.7      139.7      131.0     148.2
Oct.......................................     123.9     177.9     166.8     129.6      126.2      130.8       131.7      142.5      135.0     148.1
Nov.......................................     123.8     180.5     166.6     129.5      126.1      130.8       132.1      142.5      135.0     148.2
Dec.......................................     123.6     179.6     166.9     130.0      126.1      130.5       132.1      142.5      134.9     148.4
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Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.