US Data: Producer Prices - Summary>

Release for:   May 2018

Source: U.S. Department of Labor

Data seasonally adjusted unless otherwise noted

                                unadj    unadj

                                yr/yr    mo/mo

                                May-18   May-18   Mar-18   Apr-18   May-18

Total Final Demand                 3.1      0.5      0.3      0.1      0.5

  Ex. Food and Energy              2.4      0.2      0.3      0.2      0.3

  Ex. Food, Energy, Trade Ser      2.6      0.1      0.4      0.1      0.1

Total Finished                     2.9      0.4      0.3     -0.1      0.5

  Ex. Food and Energy              2.3      0.2      0.2      0.1      0.3

Total Govt Purchases               4.4      0.9      0.1      0.3      0.7

 Govt Purchased Goods              7.0      2.2     -0.3      0.4      1.7

 Govt Purchased Services           2.3      0.0      0.4      0.0      0.2

Total Exports                      4.3      0.6      0.9      0.4      0.6

Final Demand Goods                 4.4      1.1      0.3      0.0      1.0

 Ex Food and Energy                2.5      0.3      0.3      0.3      0.3

 Final Demand Foods                0.5      0.5      2.2     -1.1      0.1

  Consumer Foods                  -0.1      0.4      2.3     -1.2      0.0

  Govt Purchased Foods             0.2      1.3      1.1     -0.4      0.7

  Foods for Export                 3.9      0.6      2.4     -0.5     -0.2

  Fruits                          -1.9      7.0     -1.7     -1.8      5.0

  Vegetables                      -4.5     20.0     31.5    -17.8     20.0

 Final Demand Energy              16.5      5.4     -2.1      0.1      4.6

  Consumer Energy                 14.0      4.7     -2.0     -0.2      4.0

  Govt Purchased Energy           25.0      7.8     -2.6      1.1      6.2

  Energy for Export               39.6      9.9     -3.3      2.3      8.7

  Residential Electric             1.5      1.4     -0.8     -0.5      0.8

  Residential Natural Gas         -0.9     -2.0      0.0     -0.5     -1.5

  Gasoline                        36.6     10.6     -3.7     -0.4      9.8

  Home Heating Oil                42.3      7.2    -10.1      4.7      4.5

Final Demand Services              2.4      0.2      0.3      0.1      0.3

 Final Demand Trade Services       1.9      0.5      0.2      0.2      0.9

 Final Demand Transport Servi      5.0     -0.2      0.6      0.6      0.7

 Final Dmd Services ex. Trade      2.3      0.0      0.3     -0.1      0.0

Final Demand Construction          4.1      0.0      0.2      1.1      0.0

 Private Construction              4.2      0.2      0.3      1.0      0.2

 Government Construction           3.9     -0.2     -0.1      1.2     -0.2

Finished Goods                     4.1      1.1      0.2     -0.1      1.0

 Ex. Food, Energy                  2.2      0.1      0.2      0.3      0.2

    Computers                     -0.7      1.1      0.7     -0.7      1.1

    Passenger Cars                -0.2      0.0      0.2      0.0     -0.1

    Light Motor Trucks             1.1     -0.1      0.7     -0.1      0.6

    Cigarettes                     6.4     -0.2      0.0      3.2     -0.2

 Finished Goods Ex Food            5.2      1.4     -0.3      0.2      1.3

 Finished Goods Ex Energy          1.6      0.2      0.8     -0.1      0.2

Finished Services                  2.3      0.2      0.3     -0.1      0.3

     Legal Services                2.0     -1.1      0.8     -1.2     -1.2

     Physician Care                1.1      0.0      0.6     -0.2      0.1

     Home Health Services          2.2     -0.1      0.0      0.6     -0.1

     Hospital Care Services        2.5     -0.5      0.3      0.2     -0.3

Personal Consumption               2.8      0.4      0.1     -0.1      0.5

 PC Ex Food, Energy                2.1      0.1      0.1     -0.1      0.3

 PC Ex. Food, Energy, Trade        2.4      0.0      0.3      0.0      0.2

 PC Ex. Food, Energy, Distrib      2.3      0.0      0.4     -0.1      0.1

Finished Consumer Goods            5.1      1.5      0.2     -0.2      1.3

Personal Consumption Services      2.0      0.1      0.1     -0.2      0.3

Indexes:

Total Final Demand (SA)                            115.4    115.5    116.1

  unrounded pct change*                                   0.08666  0.51948

Final Demand Ex. Food, Energy(SA)                  114.4    114.6    114.9

  unrounded pct change*                                   0.17483  0.26178

*Changes calculated by MNI

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