Percent change from 12 months ago, Producer Price Index for Finished Goods, not seasonally adjusted, August 1997-August Percent change Jan-97 2.5 Feb-97 2.2 Mar-97 1.5 Apr-97 0.8 May-97 0.4 Jun-97 -0.1 Jul-97 -0.2 Aug-97 -0.2 Sep-97 0.0 Oct-97 -0.3 Nov-97 -0.7 Dec-97 -1.2 Jan-98 -1.7 Feb-98 -1.5 Mar-98 -1.5 Apr-98 -0.9 May-98 -0.8 Jun-98 -0.7 Jul-98 -0.2 Aug-98 -0.8 Sep-98 -0.9 Oct-98 -0.7 Nov-98 -0.6 Dec-98 0.0 Jan-99 0.8 Feb-99 0.5 Mar-99 0.8 Apr-99 1.2 May-99 1.4 Jun-99 1.5 Jul-99 1.5 Aug-99 2.3 Sep-99 3.1 Oct-99 2.8 Nov-99 3.1 Dec-99 2.9 Jan-00 2.5 Feb-00 4.0 Mar-00 4.3 Apr-00 3.6 May-00 3.7 Jun-00 4.4 Jul-00 4.3 Aug-00 3.4 Sep-00 3.5 Oct-00 3.7 Nov-00 3.8 Dec-00 3.6 Jan-01 4.8 Feb-01 4.0 Mar-01 3.0 Apr-01 3.7 May-01 3.9 Jun-01 2.6 Jul-01 1.4 Aug-01 2.0 Sep-01 1.6 Oct-01 -0.3 Nov-01 -1.2 Dec-01 -1.6 Jan-02 -2.7 Feb-02 -2.6 Mar-02 -1.6 Apr-02 -2.1 May-02 -2.9 Jun-02 -2.3 Jul-02 -1.2 Aug-02 -1.5 Sep-02 -1.8 Oct-02 0.7 Nov-02 1.0 Dec-02 1.2 Jan-03 2.5 Feb-03 3.3 Mar-03 4.0 Apr-03 2.4 May-03 2.5 Jun-03 2.9 Jul-03 3.0 Aug-03 3.5 Sep-03 3.5 Oct-03 3.4 Nov-03 3.4 Dec-03 4.0 Jan-04 3.3 Feb-04 2.1 Mar-04 1.5 Apr-04 3.7 May-04 4.9 Jun-04 4.0 Jul-04 3.8 Aug-04 3.3 Sep-04 3.3 Oct-04 4.5 Nov-04 5.0 Dec-04 4.2 Jan-05 4.1 Feb-05 4.7 Mar-05 5.0 Apr-05 4.8 May-05 3.6 Jun-05 3.7 Jul-05 4.7 Aug-05 5.3 Sep-05 6.9 Oct-05 5.9 Nov-05 4.4 Dec-05 5.4 Jan-06 5.6 Feb-06 3.9 Mar-06 3.6 Apr-06 4.1 May-06 4.5 Jun-06 4.9 Jul-06 4.2 Aug-06 3.7