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% […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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% […]