[Economic Report of the President (1998)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]



Table B-67.--Producer price indexes for major commodity groups, 1954-97
[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\-------------
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     122.4     133.3     127.3     122.4     150.5      85.8      142.1
1997..........................    127.0     112.8     134.0     127.7     122.6     154.3      85.9      143.7

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.....................    133.6     128.6     136.1     127.3     122.5     150.3      86.8      142.5
Sept....................    132.4     125.1     136.0     127.4     123.0     150.2      87.1      143.3
Oct.....................    130.8     120.2     136.0     127.5     122.9     153.1      86.8      143.0
Nov.....................    129.1     117.9     134.7     128.0     122.7     153.6      88.5      142.8
Dec.....................    127.8     114.8     134.2     129.3     122.7     154.4      93.3      143.2

1997: Jan.....................    126.7     113.0     133.4     130.3     122.6     155.3      96.1      143.6
Feb.....................    126.3     113.0     132.9     128.9     122.5     156.2      90.3      143.8
Mar.....................    128.4     116.2     134.5     127.1     122.6     156.8      83.4      143.7
Apr.....................    128.6     116.7     134.5     126.7     122.5     157.5      82.2      143.5
May.....................    129.4     117.4     135.4     127.0     122.6     156.1      83.4      143.5
June....................    126.8     111.6     134.3     127.2     122.6     153.6      84.5      143.4
July....................    126.5     111.6     133.9     127.0     122.6     151.6      83.9      143.7
Aug  \2\................    126.7     111.4     134.3     127.3     122.6     152.2      84.9      143.7
Sept....................    126.7     111.5     134.2     127.6     122.6     152.1      86.2      143.7
Oct.....................    125.8     110.4     133.5     128.1     122.5     152.5      86.7      144.0
Nov.....................    126.1     110.6     133.7     128.2     122.5     154.3      87.0      143.9
Dec.....................    125.3     110.1     132.9     126.9     122.5     153.5      82.8      143.5
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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 1997 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-67.--Producer price indexes for major commodity groups, 1954-97--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     168.7     131.0      126.5      130.4       131.0      141.7      134.1     147.7
1997..........................................     123.2     183.8     167.9     131.8      125.9      130.8       133.2      141.6      132.8     150.9

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.....................................     124.2     177.0     166.6     130.0      126.4      130.5       131.2      141.4      133.3     148.1
Sept....................................     124.1     180.2     166.9     130.0      126.3      130.6       131.6      140.0      131.0     147.9
Oct.....................................     123.7     177.8     166.9     129.4      126.2      130.9       131.7      142.9      135.2     148.3
Nov.....................................     123.7     180.2     166.9     129.4      126.2      130.9       132.0      142.7      134.9     148.4
Dec.....................................     123.7     179.7     167.2     129.9      126.2      130.9       131.9      142.6      134.8     148.5

1997: Jan.....................................     123.2     180.6     167.6     131.0      126.4      130.9       132.3      142.9      134.6     148.7
Feb......................................     123.1     183.4     167.1     131.6      126.3      130.9       132.5      142.8      134.5     148.9
Mar.....................................     122.9     184.8     166.5     132.2      126.3      131.0       132.6      142.7      134.3     149.5
Apr.....................................     123.2     185.4     166.3     131.8      126.2      130.7       133.3      142.3      133.7     150.6
May.....................................     123.3     186.8     166.1     132.2      125.9      130.9       133.3      141.5      132.5     150.9
June....................................     123.2     185.4     166.4     132.5      125.9      130.9       133.4      141.4      132.3     150.9
July....................................     123.3     185.9     166.9     132.0      126.0      130.9       133.4      140.5      131.0     151.0
Aug \2\.................................     123.4     185.0     167.8     132.2      125.7      130.7       133.5      140.5      131.0     151.0
Sept....................................     123.3     183.7     168.7     132.0      125.6      130.9       133.3      139.3      129.3     152.4
Oct.....................................     123.2     180.8     169.5     131.9      125.6      130.9       133.6      142.5      134.3     152.3
Nov.....................................     123.2     181.9     170.4     131.3      125.6      130.6       133.7      142.0      133.5     152.3
Dec.....................................     123.1     181.9     171.2     130.6      125.4      130.7       133.7      141.5      132.6     152.7
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Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.