Chart 7. Producer price index and consumer price index levels for automobile sales, January 2013–December 2020
Date PPI for automobile retailing CPI for used cars and trucks

Jan 2013

100.00 100.00

Feb 2013

99.70 101.00

Mar 2013

101.41 102.40

Apr 2013

101.01 103.37

May 2013

100.40 104.02

Jun 2013

99.49 104.47

Jul 2013

98.99 105.02

Aug 2013

100.00 105.50

Sep 2013

101.82 104.47

Oct 2013

101.01 103.55

Nov 2013

100.10 102.40

Dec 2013

98.28 102.01

Jan 2014

96.97 101.46

Feb 2014

99.39 101.62

Mar 2014

101.41 102.52

Apr 2014

102.12 103.60

May 2014

102.42 104.26

Jun 2014

101.92 104.62

Jul 2014

100.71 105.23

Aug 2014

102.63 105.52

Sep 2014

100.51 104.06

Oct 2014

100.20 101.81

Nov 2014

101.52 99.24

Dec 2014

99.60 97.73

Jan 2015

100.40 97.38

Feb 2015

100.40 98.71

Mar 2015

101.72 101.21

Apr 2015

101.92 103.12

May 2015

100.30 103.75

Jun 2015

98.59 103.93

Jul 2015

98.18 104.03

Aug 2015

97.58 103.89

Sep 2015

97.58 102.24

Oct 2015

96.26 100.39

Nov 2015

93.94 98.61

Dec 2015

90.40 98.08

Jan 2016

91.01 98.22

Feb 2016

89.60 99.15

Mar 2016

88.18 100.63

Apr 2016

87.88 101.53

May 2016

83.33 101.35

Jun 2016

86.06 100.72

Jul 2016

85.56 100.14

Aug 2016

84.65 99.72

Sep 2016

86.67 98.09

Oct 2016

84.65 96.32

Nov 2016

82.53 94.86

Dec 2016

83.43 94.64

Jan 2017

84.14 94.59

Feb 2017

82.63 94.93

Mar 2017

83.64 95.95

Apr 2017

85.35 96.83

May 2017

80.61 96.98

Jun 2017

80.00 96.39

Jul 2017

80.10 96.05

Aug 2017

81.11 95.93

Sep 2017

82.42 94.41

Oct 2017

79.80 93.53

Nov 2017

78.08 92.87

Dec 2017

76.46 93.71

Jan 2018

76.06 94.01

Feb 2018

78.18 94.84

Mar 2018

83.74 96.30

Apr 2018

85.96 95.94

May 2018

83.13 95.35

Jun 2018

82.12 95.75

Jul 2018

80.30 96.85

Aug 2018

81.62 97.13

Sep 2018

82.53 93.03

Oct 2018

78.69 93.94

Nov 2018

76.87 95.01

Dec 2018

78.38 95.05

Jan 2019

77.17 95.55

Feb 2019

75.96 95.90

Mar 2019

78.99 96.73

Apr 2019

81.72 96.69

May 2019

78.28 95.61

Jun 2019

79.29 96.95

Jul 2019

78.48 98.28

Aug 2019

78.59 99.15

Sep 2019

79.70 95.45

Oct 2019

77.88 95.28

Nov 2019

76.77 94.59

Dec 2019

75.76 94.40

Jan 2020

78.38 93.67

Feb 2020

78.18 94.62

Mar 2020

81.52 96.85

Apr 2020

70.40 95.97

May 2020

79.19 95.27

Jun 2020

94.65 94.26

Jul 2020

105.86 97.41

Aug 2020

105.35 103.10

Sep 2020

106.16 105.25

Oct 2020

111.52 106.28

Nov 2020

111.41 104.86

Dec 2020

113.23 103.88

Note: CPI = consumer price index, and PPI = producer price index.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.