BLS Begins Monthly Revisions of Preliminary Producer Price Indexes
For many years prior to October 2021, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) published preliminary Producer Price Indexes (PPI) in the middle of the month proceeding each index release. For example, the BLS released January ’23 PPI on February 16th of this year. (final January indexes will be released four months from now or in […]
View full articleDecember 2021 PPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released December 2021 Producer Price Index (PPI) today. The industrial commodities index decreased 1.2% in the last month and increased 21.4% in the last twelve months. Processed foods + feeds rose 0.2% from November 2021 & increased 10.4% since December 2020. Textile products + apparel increased 0.8% in the […]
View full articleDecember 2021 CPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released December 2021 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The all items index rose 0.3% in the last month and increased a notable 7.0% in the last twelve months. Commodities, less food + energy, rose by 0.9% from November 2021 and increased 10.7% from December 2020. Cereals + cereal products […]
View full article2021 Updated PPI Table 9 Category Name File Released
LIFOPro has completed the annual updates to the excel file used by LIFOPro clients for populating BLS PPI Table 9 category names via VLOOKUP formulas in their inventory detail files. LIFOPro clients should use the email received containing the Complete Table 9 PPI Category Name file download link to obtain the updated file (feel free […]
View full articleNovember 2021 PPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released November 2021 Producer Price Index (PPI) today. The all commodities index rose 1.4% in the last month and increased 22.8% in the last twelve months. Farm products rose 4.4% from October 2021 and increased 20.0% since November 2020. Processed foods + feeds maintained the last month and increased […]
View full articleNovember 2021 CPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released November 2021 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The all items index rose 0.5% in the last month and increased 6.8% in the last twelve months. Commodities, less food + energy commodities, increased 0.6% from October 2021 and rose 57.5% since November 2020. Energy commodities increased 2.8% in the […]
View full articleOctober 2021 CPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released October 2021 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The all items index rose 0.8% in the last month and increased 6.2% in the last twelve months. Commodities, les food and energy, increased 1.2% from September 2021 and rose 8.4% since October 2020. Motor fuel increased 3.7% in the last […]
View full articleOctober 2021 PPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released October 2021 Producer Price Index (PPI) today. The all commodities index rose 2.0% in the last month and increased 22.2% in the last twelve months. Processed foods + feeds decreased 0.6% from September 2021 and rose 14.0% since October 2020. Cereal and bakery products rose 1.4% in the […]
View full articleSeptember 2021 PPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released September 2021 Producer Price Index (PPI) today. The all commodities index rose 1.1% in the last month and increased 20.4% in the last twelve months. Processed foods + feeds increased 1.3% from August 2021 and rose 14.0% since September 2020. Meats increased 3.2% in the last month and […]
View full articleSeptember 2021 CPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released September 2021 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The all items index rose 0.3% in the last month and increased 5.4% in the last twelve months. Commodities, less food and energy commodities, increased 0.1% from August 2021 and rose 7.3% from September 2020. Food increased 0.8% in the last […]
View full articleAugust 2021 CPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released August 2021 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The all items index rose 0.2% over the last month and increased 5.3% in the last twelve months. All items, less food + energy, rose 0.1% from July 2021 and increased by 4.0% since August 2020. Food at home increased 0.3% […]
View full articleAugust 2021 PPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released August 2021 Producer Price Index (PPI) today. The all commodities index rose 0.7% in the last month and increased 19.9% in the last twelve months. Farm products increased 0.6% from July 2021 and rose 36.6% since August 2020. Processed foods and feeds rose 2.2% in the last month […]
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