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1. Brief explanation of Producer Price
Indexes.
The Producer Price Index (PPI) of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is a family of indexes that measure the average change over time ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
2. Stage-of-processing indexes.
Within the stage-of-processing system, finished goods are commodities that will not undergo further processing and are ready for sale to the final-demand user, either ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
3. Commodity indexes.
The commodity classification structure of the PPI organizes products by similarity of end use or material composition, disregarding industry of origin. Fifteen major commodity ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
4. Industry net-output price indexes.
PPIs for the net output of industries and their products are grouped according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Prior to the ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
5. Data collection.
PPIs are based on selling prices reported by establishments of all sizes selected by probability sampling, with the probability of selection proportionate to size. (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
6. Weights.
Weights for most traditional commodity groupings of the PPI, as well as weights for commodity-based aggregate indexes calculated using traditional commodity groupings, such as ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
7. Price index reference base.
Effective with publication of January 1988 data, many important PPI series (including stage-of-processing groupings and most commodity groups and individual items) were placed on ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
8. Calculating index changes.
Each PPI measures price changes from a reference period that equals 100.0. An increase of 5.5 percent from the reference period in the Finished ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
9. Seasonally adjusted and unadjusted
data.
Because price data are used for different purposes by different groups, BLS publishes seasonally adjusted and unadjusted changes each month. Seasonally adjusted data are ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE)
10. Retrieving PPI data from the PPI Web
site.
PPI data can be obtained from the WWW address (www.bls.gov/ppi). Scrolling down the page to the "Get Detailed PPI Statistics" header reveals the following ... (PERIODICAL ARTICLE) | |
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