EPI Rises 0.3% for December

Jan. 25, 2002
Electrical Marketing's Electrical Price Index (EPI) rose 0.3 percent for December. The index posted price gains in 12 categories and decreases in seven;

Electrical Marketing's Electrical Price Index (EPI) rose 0.3 percent for December. The index posted price gains in 12 categories and decreases in seven; nine product categories held steady this time.

Building wire and cable was up 4.0 percent. Lamps showed the biggest decrease (down 1.8 percent).

Note: All EPI series represent DRI/McGraw-Hill 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 1987 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; DRI McGraw-Hill Economics.