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Producer prices increased 4.0 percent over the year ended March 2026

April 17, 2026

The Producer Price Index for final demand advanced 4.0 percent from March 2025 to March 2026. Prices for final demand goods increased 4.9 percent, while prices for final demand services rose 3.7 percent.

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12-month percent changes in the Producer Price Indexes for selected final demand components, not seasonally adjusted, March 2026
Commodity	Percent change
Total	4.0
Goods	4.9
Foods	1.6
Energy	11.2
Goods less foods and energy	4.1
Services	3.7
Trade services	4.2
Transportation and warehousing services	6.1
Services less trade, transportation, and warehousing	3.2

The increase in producer prices for final demand goods over the year ended March 2026 included a 1.6-percent increase in prices for food and an 11.2-percent increase in energy prices. Within services, prices for trade rose 4.2 percent, while transportation and warehousing prices increased 6.1 percent.

These data are from the Producer Price Indexes program and are not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "Producer Price Indexes — March 2026." Producer price indexes measure prices U.S. producers receive for goods, services, and construction. All indexes are subject to revision for 4 months after their originally scheduled publication to incorporate late reports and corrections by survey respondents. We also have more charts of the latest Producer Price Indexes data.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Producer prices increased 4.0 percent over the year ended March 2026 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2026/producer-prices-increased-4-0-percent-over-the-year-ended-march-2026.htm (visited April 17, 2026).

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