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    EPI Rises 0.4 Percent from November

    Jan. 30, 2009
    Electrical Marketing's Electrical Price Index rose 0.4 percent for December. The index posted price gains in 11 categories and decreases in 10; seven

    Electrical Marketing's Electrical Price Index rose 0.4 percent for December.

    The index posted price gains in 11 categories and decreases in 10; seven product categories held steady. Bulding wire and cable saw the biggest increase, up 4.1 percent.

    Power wire and cable saw the biggest decrease (-3.6 percent), followed by telephone wire, down 2.6 percent.

    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

    Electrical Price Index — December 20081997=100December 2008November 2008December 2007% Change 1 Mo. 1 Yr.Building wire & cable 172.5 165.7 206.9 4.1 -16.6 Power wire & cable 159.2 165.2 204.3 -3.6 -22.0 Telephone wire 144.5 148.3 150.3 -2.6 -3.9 Hand & power tools 117.1 116.1 114.3 0.9 2.4 EM/bank heating 123.7 123.2 118.7 0.4 4.2 Residential lighting fixtures 122.5 121.6 115.1 0.7 6.4 Industrial fixtures 118.5 118.3 114.6 0.2 3.4 Fans & blowers 135.4 135.0 127.6 0.3 6.1 Wiring dev. & connectors 117.5 117.5 114.3 0.0 2.8 Pole line hardware 144.9 146.0 133.3 -0.7 8.7 Boxes 152.8 154.0 140.6 -0.7 8.7 Conduit fittings 124.8 125.0 124.3 -0.1 0.4 Metal conduit & EMT 162.5 162.7 160.1 -0.1 1.5 Nonmetallic conduit 131.7 132.0 128.6 -0.2 2.4 Motors 130.6 132.7 123.9 -1.6 5.4 Generators, generator sets 126.8 128.0 120.7 -0.9 5.0 Ballasts 137.7 137.7 133.0 0.0 3.5 Elect. meas. & integ. inst. 111.1 111.1 111.0 0.0 0.1 Transformers 119.8 119.8 115.2 0.0 4.0 Panelboards & switches 139.5 139.5 133.6 0.0 4.4 Circuit breakers 145.8 145.8 139.6 0.0 4.4 Switchgear 153.6 152.1 146.4 1.0 5.0 Fuses 137.5 136.8 131.3 0.5 4.7 Industrial controls 133.2 133.2 127.5 0.0 4.4 Lamps 116.7 116.7 114.3 0.0 2.1 Appliances 101.2 101.3 97.8 -0.1 3.5 Air conditioners 121.8 121.5 114.4 0.2 6.5 Fasteners 136.8 139.2 131.6 -1.7 4.0 Total Index 130.1 129.6 132.2 0.4 -1.6