Percent change from 12 months ago, Producer Price Index for Finished Goods, not seasonally adjusted, August 1994-August 2003 Percent change Aug-94 1.9 Sep-94 1.5 Oct-94 1.0 Nov-94 1.3 Dec-94 1.7 Jan-95 1.7 Feb-95 1.7 Mar-95 1.8 Apr-95 2.1 May-95 2.2 Jun-95 2.1 Jul-95 1.7 Aug-95 1.3 Sep-95 1.8 Oct-95 2.3 Nov-95 2.1 Dec-95 2.3 Jan-96 2.2 Feb-96 2.0 Mar-96 2.4 Apr-96 2.4 May-96 2.3 Jun-96 2.7 Jul-96 2.6 Aug-96 3.0 Sep-96 3.0 Oct-96 3.1 Nov-96 3.0 Dec-96 2.8 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 3.4