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    Electrical Price Index Drops 0.5% in May

    June 18, 2010
    Electrical Marketing's Price Index dropped 0.5% in May, but is up 4.3% YTY from May 2009. Categories dropping more than 1% were air conditioners (-5.5%)

    Electrical Marketing's Price Index dropped 0.5% in May, but is up 4.3% YTY from May 2009. Categories dropping more than 1% were air conditioners (-5.5%) and building wire (-1.7%). The product categories up more than 1% from May 2009 included building wire and cable (18.6%); power wire and cable (25.4%); telephone equipment (6.5%); pole-line hardware (4%) and boxes (4%).

    Note: All EPI series represent Global Insight aggregates of Bureau of Labor Statistics? (BLS) producer price indices (PPIs). The revised data partly reflect redefinitions of specific PPIs by the BLS, but mostly reflect the rebenchmarking of all EPI price series to a 1997 base year. The four following EPI series have been affected by BLS redefinitions: boxes, conduit (fittings), non-metallic conduit, and generators. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Global Insight

    1997=100MayAprMay% Change 2010 2010 2009 1 Mo. 1 Yr. Building Wire & Cable 225.4 229.3 190.0 -1.7 18.6 Power Wire & Cable 190.4 191.3 151.8 -0.4 25.4 Telephone 163.0 163.7 153.1 -0.4 6.5 H& & Power Tools 115.7 115.7 116.1 0.0 -0.4 Elec. Heating Equip. 123.9 125.0 124.2 -0.9 -0.2 Residential Lighting 121.2 121.3 121.9 -0.1 -0.6 Industrial Fixtures 117.5 117.1 118.8 0.4 -1.1 Fans & Blowers 132.7 133.0 133.3 -0.3 -0.5 Wiring Devices & Connectors 119.4 120.2 118.0 -0.7 1.1 Pole Line Hardware 145.3 144.0 139.7 0.9 4.0 Boxes 153.3 151.9 147.3 0.9 4.0 Conduit Fittings 124.7 124.6 124.2 0.1 0.4 Metal Conduit 162.5 162.3 161.4 0.2 0.7 Nonmetallic Conduit 131.8 131.4 130.3 0.3 1.2 Motors 133.4 133.3 132.6 0.1 0.6 Generators 130.6 130.3 129.2 0.2 1.0 Ballasts 137.7 137.7 137.7 0.0 0.0 Elect. Meas. & Integ. Inst. 111.2 111.2 111.2 0.0 0.1 Transformers 122.1 122.3 121.3 -0.2 0.7 Panelboards & Switches 145.1 144.8 140.3 0.2 3.5 Circuit Breakers 151.6 151.3 146.6 0.2 3.5 Switchgear 155.5 155.7 151.7 -0.2 2.5 Fuses 141.1 141.1 137.0 0.0 3.0 Industrial Controls 138.5 138.2 133.9 0.2 3.5 Lamps 122.2 122.7 120.4 -0.4 1.5 Appliances 102.8 102.7 104.3 0.0 -1.5 Air Conditioners 114.1 120.8 123.2 -5.5 -7.3 Fasteners 133.8 132.5 131.4 0.9 1.8 Total Index 138.5 139.3 132.8 -0.5 4.3