May 2020 PPI Release Highlights

The BLS released May ’20 PPI today. The All commodities index increased 1.8% from April – May ’20 & decreased 6.1% between May ’19 – ’20. Commodities Affected by COVID-19 & the Related Supply/Demand Volatility Food Fruits & melons, fresh/dry vegetables & nuts saw a 5.7% decrease between April – May 2020 and a 6.1% […]

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June 11, 2020
By: Jamie Pentagulio
May 2020 CPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released May 2020 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The All commodities index was unchanged over the last month & has increased 0.1% over the last 12 months on a seasonally unadjusted basis. All items less food and energy decreased 0.1% from April – May 2020 & rose 1.2% between […]

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June 10, 2020
By: Jamie Pentagulio
April 2020 PPI Release Highlights

The BLS released April 2020 PPI today. The All commodities index dropped 3.0% from March – April 2020 & decreased 2.1% between April ’19 – April 2020. Commodities Affected by COVID-19 & the Related Supply/Demand Volatility For the foreseeable future, our monthly BLS PPI release blogs will highlight price changes for commodities experiencing above average […]

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May 13, 2020
By: Jamie Pentagulio
April 2020 CPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released April 2020 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The All commodities index decreased 0.7% over the last month & has increased 0.3% over the last year on a seasonally unadjusted basis. All items less food and energy decreased 0.5% from March – April 2020 & rose 1.4% between April […]

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May 12, 2020
By: Jamie Pentagulio
March 2020 CPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released March 2020 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The All commodities index decreased 0.2% over the last month & has increased 1.5% over the last year on a seasonally unadjusted basis. All items less food and energy were unchanged from February – March 2020 & rose 2.1% between March […]

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April 10, 2020
By: Jamie Pentagulio
March 2020 PPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released March 2020 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. All commodities saw a decrease of 3.5% over the last month and a decrease of 1.4% over the last year. Building paper & building board mill products increased by 11.4% over the last month & rose by 10.8% over the last […]

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April 9, 2020
By: Jamie Pentagulio
February 2020 PPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released February 2020 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. All commodities saw a decrease of 1.4% over the last month and a decrease of 1.5% over the last year. Nonferrous metal ores increased by 1.4%  over the last month & rose by 21.5% over the last year. From January 2020 to […]

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March 12, 2020
By: Jamie Pentagulio
February 2020 CPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released February 2020 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The All commodities index increased by 0.3% over the last month & has increased 2.3% over the last year on a seasonally unadjusted basis. All items less food and energy increased by 0.5% between January 2020 – February 2020 & rose […]

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March 11, 2020
By: Jamie Pentagulio
January 2020 PPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released January 2020 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. All commodities saw an increase of 0.2% over the last month and increase of 0.1% over the last year. Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets and washers increased by 1.8%  over the last month & rose by 6.4% over the last year. From December […]

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February 19, 2020
By: Jamie Pentagulio
January 2020 CPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released January 2020 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The All commodities index increased by 0.4% over the last month & has increased 2.5% over the last year on a seasonally unadjusted basis. All items less food and energy increased by .04% between December ’19 – January 2020 & rose […]

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February 13, 2020
By: Jamie Pentagulio
December 2019 PPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released November 2019 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. All commodities saw an increase of 0.1% over the last month and decrease of 0.9% over the last year. Crude petroleum (domestic production) increased by 3.4%  over the last month & rose by 12.7% over the last year. Dental equipment and supplies […]

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January 15, 2020
By: Jamie Pentagulio
December ’19 CPI Release Highlights

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released December 2019 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The All commodities index decreased by 0.1% over the last month & has increased 2.3% over the last year on a seasonally unadjusted basis. All items less food and energy decreased by 0.1% between November – December ’19 & rose 2.3% […]

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January 14, 2020
By: Jamie Pentagulio