BLS estimates that agreements with a lifetime worth in the trillions of dollars are currently adjusted using the Producer Price Index (PPI) family of indexes, either alone or in conjunction with other sources of economic data. 1

The Producer Price Index (PPI) program measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output. The prices included in the PPI are from the first commercial transaction for many products and some services.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI), Producer Price Index (PPI), and Import/Export Price Index (IPP) all have pharmaceutical indexes, but there are fundamental differences in the form and function of each index.

SERVICES: Outpatient healthcare +0.1% (p) in Mar 2025 Inpatient healthcare services +0.2% (p) in Mar 2025 Food and alcohol retailing -1.3% (p) in Mar 2025 Apparel and jewelry retailing -2.0% (p) in Mar 2025 Airline passenger services -4.0% (p) in Mar 2025 Securities brokerage, dealing, investment, and related services +0.3% (p) in Mar 2025 Business loans (partial) …

Overviews of industry methodologies for areas that deviate from standard PPI methodology.

Mar 16, 2023 · The PPI publishes over 600 FD-ID indexes (seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted) measuring price change for goods, services, and construction sold to final demand and to intermediate demand.

Aug 11, 2023 · Effective with the release of data for July 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics rebased 6 Producer Price Index (PPI) commodity-based and 9 PPI industry-based price indexes to February 2023=100.

Feb 1, 2022 · Measuring the substitution effect in Producer Price Index goods data: 2002–16 (July 2020) A new approach for quality-adjusting PPI microprocessors (December 2018)

Dec 13, 2021 · The Producer Price Index (PPI) measures the average change in prices U.S. producers receive for the sale of their products. Since tariffs and taxes are not retained by producers as revenue, they are explicitly excluded from the PPI.

Table 9. Producer price indexes for commodity and service groupings and individual items, not seasonally adjusted — Continued