June 2019 PPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released June 2019 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. The All commodities index declined by 0.6% over the last month & decreased by 1.9% over the last year on a seasonally unadjusted basis. Leading the decreases was refined petroleum with a 7.3% decline from May – June 2019 and a […]
View full articleMay 2019 CPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released May 2019 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The all items category increased 0.2% over the last month & rose by 1.8% over the last year while All items less food and energy increased 0.1% between April – May ’19 and rose by 2.0% between May ’18 – ’19. […]
View full articleMay ’19 PPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released May 19 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. The All commodities index decreased 0.3% over the last month & declined by 0.8% over the last year on a seasonally unadjusted basis. Industrial commodities less fuels was unchanged between April – May ’19 & rose by 0.7% between May ’18 […]
View full articleClarifying How LIFO Works
The most common resistance we get when speaking with companies regarding LIFO is related to its complexity. “It just doesn’t make sense” is a common theme. “I don’t know why anyone would go out of their way to make inventory accounting more complicated” is another often-used rebuttal. But the bottom line is that LIFO provides […]
View full articleApril 2019 CPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released April 2019 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The all items category increased 0.5% over the last month & rose by 2.0% over the last year while All items less food and energy increased 0.2% between March – April ’19 and rose by 2.1% between April ’18 – ’19.
View full articleApril 2019 PPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released April 2019 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. The All commodities index increased 0.5% over the last month & rose by 0.9% over the last year on a seasonally unadjusted basis.
View full articleMarch ’19 PPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released March 2019 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. The All commodities index increased 1.2% over the last month & rose by 0.9% over the last year on a seasonally unadjusted basis.
View full articleMarch 2019 CPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released March 2019 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The all items category increased 0.6% over the last month & rose 1.9% over the last year while All items less food and energy increased 0.3% between February – March ’19 and rose 2.0% between March ’18 – March ’19.
View full articleFebruary 2019 PPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released February 2019 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. The All commodities index increased 0.1% over the last month & decreased 0.3% over the last year on a seasonally unadjusted basis.
View full articleFebruary 2019 CPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released February 2019 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The all items category increased 0.4% over the last month & rose1.5% over the last year while All items less food and energy increased 0.4% between January – February ’19 & rose 2.1% over the last year.
View full articleJanuary ’19 PPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released January 2019 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. The All commodities index decreased 1.7% over the last month & rose 0.4% over the last year on a seasonally unadjusted basis.
View full articleJanuary 2019 CPI Release Highlights
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released January 2019 Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) today. The all items category increased 0.2% over the last month & by 1.6% over the last year while All items less food and energy increased 0.4% between December ’18 – January ’19 & by 2.2% over the last year.
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