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Overview

Handbook of Methods > Producer Price Indexes

Handbook of Methods Producer Price Indexes Overview

Producer Price Indexes: Overview

The Producer Price Index (PPI) program measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.

Quick Facts: Producer Price Indexes
Subject areas	Prices
Key measures	Producer Price Index (PPI)
How the data are obtained	Survey of businesses
Classification	Commodity, Industry
Periodicity of data availability	Monthly
Geographic detail	National
Scope	Government, Private sector
Key products	Producer Price Index (PPI) news release Producer Price Index Detailed report
Program webpage	www.bls.gov/ppi

Last Modified Date: September 30, 2015