The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released May 2026 Consumer Price Index (CPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes are on a seasonally unadjusted basis): All items rose 0.6% in the last month and increased 4.2% in the last twelve months All items, less food and energy increased 0.3% since April and rose 2.9% […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released April 2026 Consumer Price Index (CPI) May 12, 2026. Highlights are as follows (all indexes are on a seasonally unadjusted basis): All items rose 0.9% in the last month and increased 3.8% in the last twelve months All items, less food and energy increased 0.4% since March and […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released April 2026 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes on a seasonally unadjusted basis): All commodities increased 3.5% since March and rose 9.7% from April 2025 Farm products rose 2.7% in the last month and increased 4.6% in the last twelve months Processed foods […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released March 2026 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes on a seasonally unadjusted basis): All commodities increased 2.3% since February and rose 5.9% from March 2025 Farm products fell 1.0% in the last month and decreased 0.4% in the last twelve months Processed foods […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released March 2026 Consumer Price Index (CPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes are on a seasonally unadjusted basis): All items rose 1.0% in the last month and increased 3.3% in the last twelve months All items, less food and energy increased 0.3% in the last month and […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released February 2026 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes on a seasonally unadjusted basis): All commodities increased 2.4% since January and rose 3.1% from February 2025 Farm products rose 8.7% in the last month and fell 5.3% in the last twelve months Processed foods […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released February 2026 Consumer Price Index (CPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes are on a seasonally unadjusted basis): All items rose 0.5% in the last month and increased 2.4% in the last twelve months All items, less food and energy increased 0.4% in the last month and […]
With the January 2026 PPI release came the announcement from the BLS of a plethora of PPI codes that are being discontinued, recoded and new codes. As most companies don’t have frequent interactions with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we wanted to bring these to our client’s attention. The BLS describes Producer Price Indexes as […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released January 2026 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes on a seasonally unadjusted basis): All commodities fell 0.3% since December and rose 1.6% from January 2025 Farm products rose 0.3% in the last month and fell 6.4% in the last twelve months Processed foods […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released January 2026 Consumer Price Index (CPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes are on a seasonally unadjusted basis): All items rose 0.4% in the last month and increased 2.4% in the last twelve months All items, less food and energy increased 0.4% in the last month and […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released December 2025 Producer Price Indexes (PPI) today. Highlights are as follows (all indexes on a seasonally unadjusted basis): Farm products rose 0.3% in the last month and fell 0.3% in the last twelve months Processed foods + feeds fell 0.9% from November and rose 1.8% since December 2024 […]
The deferral created by LIFO acts like a permanent interest-free loan from the government, retained as long as the business operates with stable or increasing inventory investments. Unlike LIFO, LCM’s tax benefits are short-lived and prone to recapture, making it less advantageous for long-term tax planning. Dollar-value LIFO, however, locks in deferrals that compound with […]
