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    EPI Increases 0.7 in July

    Aug. 26, 2011
    A three-percent increase in building wire and cable led all other product categories in Electrical Marketing's July Electrical Price Index (EPI). The

    A three-percent increase in building wire and cable led all other product categories in Electrical Marketing's July Electrical Price Index (EPI). The only other category that had an increase of more than one percent was air conditioners (+2.8%). Pole-line hardware (-2.0%) and boxes (-2.0%) led the declines. Power cable (+14.2%) is up the most YTD of any of the major product categories.

    Electrical Price Index — July 2011

    1997=100July 2011July 2011July 2010% Change1 Mo.1 Yr.Building Wire & Cable 236.1 229.2 219.6 3.0 7.5 Power Wire & Cable 216.1 214.6 189.2 0.7 14.2 Telephone 184.4 183.3 161.2 0.6 14.4 H& & Power Tools 116.5 116.6 116 0.0 0.5 Elec. Heating Equip. 126.3 125.4 124.3 0.7 1.6 Residential Lighting 125 125 122.4 0.0 2.1 Industrial Fixtures 120.7 120.1 117.6 0.5 2.6 Fans & Blowers 140.3 140.9 133.5 -0.5 5.0 Wiring Devices & Connectors 124.1 123.8 120.1 0.2 3.4 Pole Line Hardware 148.1 151.2 144.2 -2.0 2.7 Boxes 156.2 159.5 152.1 -2.0 2.7 Conduit Fittings 125.3 125.2 124.7 0.1 0.5 Metal Conduit 163.1 163.7 162.3 -0.4 0.5 Nonmetallic Conduit 132.6 133.4 131.5 -0.6 0.8 Motors 147.3 147.3 137.5 0.0 7.2 Generators 140.6 140.6 132.9 0.0 5.8 Ballasts 137.7 137.7 137.7 0.0 0.0 Elect. Meas. & Integ. Inst. 111.2 111.2 111.2 0.0 0.0 Transformers 127 126.3 122.1 0.6 4.0 Panelboards & Switches 150.4 150.2 145.6 0.1 3.3 Circuit Breakers 157.1 156.9 152.1 0.1 3.3 Switchgear 159.2 157.9 155.5 0.8 2.4 Fuses 145.4 144.7 141.3 0.5 2.9 Industrial Controls 143.5 143.3 138.9 0.1 3.3 Lamps 123.9 123.8 121.7 0.1 1.8 Appliances 103.2 103.7 102.4 -0.5 0.8 Air Conditioners 125.7 122.3 120.6 2.8 4.2 Fasteners 139.9 139.2 137.6 0.5 1.6 Total Index 143.9 142.8 138.4 0.7 4.0

    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), nonmetallic conduit, and generators. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Global Insight