February 17, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Producer prices in January 2012
1-month percent change in selected producer price indexes for finished goods, seasonally adjusted, January 2011–January 2012
| Month |
Foods |
Energy |
Finished goods less foods and energy |
January 2011 |
0.4 |
1.7 |
0.5 |
February 2011 |
3.5 |
1.8 |
0.2 |
March 2011 |
-0.5 |
2.0 |
0.3 |
April 2011 |
0.1 |
2.0 |
0.3 |
May 2011 |
-1.2 |
0.9 |
0.2 |
June 2011 |
0.8 |
-1.2 |
0.3 |
July 2011 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
August 2011 |
1.0 |
-0.4 |
0.2 |
September 2011 |
0.5 |
3.0 |
0.3 |
October 2011 |
-0.1 |
-0.7 |
-0.1 |
November 2011 |
1.2 |
-0.4 |
0.1 |
December 2011 |
-0.9 |
-0.4 |
0.3 |
January 2012 |
-0.3 |
-0.5 |
0.4 |
These data are featured in the TED article, Producer prices in January 2012.
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