The indexes calculate price changes in private contracts ... In 1982, the BLS reset all Producer Price Index bases to 100. For example, the PPI does not measure price changes for aggregate housing ...

Reviewed by Robert C. Kelly Fact checked by Daniel Rathburn Consumer Price Index (CPI) vs. Producer Price Index (PPI): An Overview The Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Producer Price Index (PPI) are ...

The producer price index, like the consumer price index (CPI ... Let’s say we wanted to calculate the rate of wholesale inflation from March 2021 to March 2022. First, we’d need to gather ...

Wholesale inflation has accelerated for five straight months and is currently at its highest level since February 2023. Read more here.

The index measures the prices of goods and services at the wholesale level of the supply chain. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate ...