US Data: Producer Prices - Summary

Release for: December 2018

Source: U.S. Department of Labor

Data seasonally adjusted unless otherwise noted

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                                        unadj   unadj

                                        yr/yr   mo/mo

                                       Dec-18  Dec-18  Oct-18   Nov-18    Dec-18

Total Final Demand                        2.5    -0.3     0.6      0.1      -0.2

Ex. Food and Energy                       2.7    -0.2     0.5      0.3      -0.1

Ex. Food, Energy, Trade Services          2.8     0.0     0.2      0.3       0.0

Total Finished                            2.4    -0.3     0.7      0.0      -0.2

Ex. Food and Energy                       2.7    -0.2     0.6      0.3       0.0

Total Govt Purchases                      2.4    -0.7     0.7      0.0      -0.6

Govt Purchased Goods                      2.2    -1.8     1.1     -0.3      -1.6

Govt Purchased Services                   2.2     0.0     0.4      0.3       0.0

Total Exports                             3.0    -0.1     0.4      0.3       0.0

Final Demand Goods                        1.7    -0.5     0.6     -0.4      -0.4

Ex Food and Energy                        2.5     0.1     0.0      0.3       0.1

Final Demand Foods                        3.3     2.6     1.0      1.3       2.6

Consumer Foods                            3.4     2.6     0.9      1.3       2.8

Govt Purchased Foods                      1.3     0.3     1.2      1.0       0.7

Foods for Export                          3.9     3.7     1.5      1.5       2.9

Fruits                                   26.3    43.8    -7.2     -8.1      48.9

Vegetables                               52.8    28.5     9.5     31.6      28.5

Final Demand Energy                      -2.7    -5.7     2.7     -5.0      -5.4

Consumer Energy                          -3.9    -5.3     2.6     -5.8      -5.0

Govt Purchased Energy                     2.2    -7.3     3.4     -1.5      -6.8

Energy for Export                         2.6    -8.9     4.1     -2.6      -8.2

Residential Electric                      0.3    -0.2     0.2     -0.3      -0.3

Residential Natural Gas                   1.8     2.9    -1.4      3.3       2.3

Gasoline                                -12.2   -14.1     7.6    -14.0     -13.1

Home Heating Oil                          5.6   -11.6    -1.1     -3.1      -4.9

Final Demand Services                     2.8    -0.2     0.7      0.3      -0.1

Final Demand Trade Services               2.5    -0.6     1.6      0.3      -0.3

Final Demand Transport Services           6.5    -0.2     0.6      1.2      -0.2

Final Dmd Services ex. Trade,

Transport                                 2.6    -0.1     0.2      0.1       0.1

Final Demand Construction                 5.1     0.1     1.9      0.2       0.1

Private Construction                      5.2     0.0     1.8      0.3       0.0

Government Construction                   4.7     0.0     2.1      0.1       0.1

Finished Goods                            1.4    -0.5     0.7     -0.8      -0.3

Ex. Food, Energy                          2.5     0.1     0.0      0.3       0.1

Computers                                -1.1    -1.1     0.4     -0.7      -1.1

Passenger Cars                            0.0     0.0    -1.0     -0.1      -0.1

Light Motor Trucks                        0.8    -0.3    -0.6      0.1      -0.1

Cigarettes                                6.1     0.0     3.1      0.0       0.0

Finished Goods Ex Food                    0.9    -1.3     0.7     -1.3      -1.2

Finished Goods Ex Energy                  2.7     0.8     0.2      0.6       0.8

Finished Services                         2.7    -0.3     0.6      0.3       0.0

Legal Services                            2.1    -0.2     0.2      0.3       0.3

Physician Care                            1.6     0.1    -0.1     -0.1       0.3

Home Health Services                      2.4     0.3     0.2      0.0       0.3

Hospital Care Services                    2.7     0.4     0.6      0.2       0.6

Personal Consumption                      2.3    -0.3     0.8     -0.1      -0.2

PC Ex Food, Energy                        2.6    -0.3     0.6      0.4       0.0

PC Ex. Food, Energy, Trade                2.7    -0.1     0.2      0.3       0.0

PC Ex. Food, Energy, Distributive         2.5    -0.2     0.2      0.3       0.0

Finished Consumer Goods                   1.0    -0.8     1.0     -1.1      -0.6

Personal Consumption Services             2.6    -0.3     0.6      0.3      -0.1

Indexes:

Total Final Demand (SA)                                 117.2    117.3     117.1

unrounded pct change*                                          0.08532  -0.17050

Final Demand Ex. Food, Energy(SA)                       116.1    116.5     116.4

unrounded pct change*                                          0.34453  -0.08584

*Changes calculated by MNI

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