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The Producer Price Index (PPI) program measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output. The prices included in the PPI are from the first commercial transaction for many products and some services.

Notices

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PPI for final demand components, 1-month percent change, April 2023
Commodity	1-month percent change
Goods	0.2%
Foods	-0.5%
Fresh fruits and melons(1)	2.4%
Fresh and dry vegetables(1)	35.1%
Meats	-3.2%
Processed poultry	-2.2%
Dairy products	-0.4%
Soft drinks(1)	-1.0%
Energy	0.8%
Residential electric power	-0.1%
Residential natural gas	-5.1%
Gasoline	8.4%
Jet fuel(1)	-13.2%
Home heating oil and distillates	-5.6%
No. 2 diesel fuel	-4.1%
Goods less foods and energy	0.2%
Industrial chemicals	-0.3%
Pharmaceutical preparations	0.2%
Passenger cars	-0.8%
Trucks, 14,000 lbs. and under	-0.2%
Aircraft and aircraft equipment	0.4%
Cigarettes, including nontobacco(1)	0.0%
Services	0.3%
Trade services	0.5%
Machinery and equipment and parts and supplies wholesaling(1)	-0.3%
Food and alcohol retailing	-2.0%
Health and beauty retailing, including optical goods(1)	-0.3%
Apparel, jewelry, footwear, and accessories retailing	-1.8%
Automobiles and automobile parts retailing(1)	1.6%
Fuels and lubricants retailing(1)	-0.4%
Transportation and warehousing services	-1.7%
Rail transportation of freight and mail(1)	0.2%
Truck transportation of freight(1)	-1.7%
Water transportation of freight(1)	-0.5%
Air transportation of freight(1)	-0.1%
Courier, messenger, and U.S. postal service	0.0%
Airline passenger services	-2.9%
Less trade, transportation, and warehousing	0.4%
Loan services (partial)	2.1%
Securities brokerage, dealing, investment advice, and related services(1)	-0.4%
Portfolio management(1)	4.1%
Outpatient care (partial)	0.5%
Inpatient care	0.3%
Traveler accommodation services	1.3%
Footnotes (1) Not seasonally adjusted.
Note: All data are subject to revision 4 months after originally published.

Latest Numbers

FINAL DEMAND:

SA +0.2%(p) in Apr 2023

NSA +0.3%(p) in Apr 2023

NSA +2.3%(p) since Apr 2022

FINAL DEMAND GOODS:

Total +0.2%(p) in Apr 2023

Foods -0.5%(p) in Apr 2023

Energy +0.8%(p) in Apr 2023

Core goods +0.2%(p) in Apr 2023

FINAL DEMAND SERVICES:

Total +0.3%(p) in Apr 2023

Transportation and warehousing -1.7%(p) in Apr 2023

Trade +0.5%(p) in Apr 2023

Other +0.4%(p) in Apr 2023

FINAL DEMAND CONSTRUCTION:

Construction -0.3%(p) in Apr 2023

INTERMEDIATE DEMAND BY COMMODITY TYPE:

Processed goods -0.4%(p) in Apr 2023

Unprocessed goods +1.7%(p) in Apr 2023

Services +0.7%(p) in Apr 2023

INTERMEDIATE DEMAND BY PRODUCTION FLOW:

Stage 4 intermediate demand +0.4%(p) in Apr 2023

Stage 3 intermediate demand -0.1%(p) in Apr 2023

Stage 2 intermediate demand +1.2%(p) in Apr 2023

Stage 1 intermediate demand unchanged in Apr 2023

GOODS:

Motor vehicles -0.3%(p) in Apr 2023

Pharmaceutical preparations +0.2%(p) in Apr 2023

Gasoline +8.4%(p) in Apr 2023

Meats -3.2%(p) in Apr 2023

Industrial chemicals +0.5%(p) in Apr 2023

Lumber +3.4%(p) in Apr 2023

Steel mill products +3.6%(p) in Apr 2023

Diesel fuel -4.1%(p) in Apr 2023

Prepared animal feeds -1.3%(p) in Apr 2023

Crude petroleum +14.2%(p) in Apr 2023

Grains +5.0%(p) in Apr 2023

Carbon steel scrap -3.7%(p) in Apr 2023

SERVICES:

Outpatient healthcare +0.5%(p) in Apr 2023

Inpatient healthcare services +0.3%(p) in Apr 2023

Food and alcohol retailing -2.0%(p) in Apr 2023

Apparel and jewelry retailing -1.8%(p) in Apr 2023

Airline passenger services -2.9%(p) in Apr 2023

Securities brokerage, dealing, investment, and related services -0.4%(p) in Apr 2023

Business loans (partial) +3.4%(p) in Apr 2023

Legal services +0.2%(p) in Apr 2023

Truck transportation of freight -1.7%(p) in Apr 2023

Machinery and equipment wholesaling -0.3%(p) in Apr 2023

News Release

PPI for final demand advances 0.2% in April; services rise 0.3%, goods increase 0.2%

05/11/2023

The Producer Price Index for final demand rose 0.2 percent in April. Prices for final demand services increased 0.3 percent, and the index for final demand goods advanced 0.2 percent. Prices for final demand moved up 2.3 percent for the 12 months ended in April.
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May 2023 PPI data are scheduled to be released on June 14, 2023, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.

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