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July 1999

Producer price highlights, 1998

William D. Thomas, Joseph Kowal

The crude and intermediate stage-of-processing components of the Producer Price Index declined in 1998; however, the finished goods index showed no change, as falling prices for energy goods offset rising prices for consumer goods other than foods and energy

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