It was another quiet month on the pricing front, as measured by Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index (EPI). The total EPI was up only 0.2% over both April 2012 and YTY April 2011. The only categories showing changes of more than 1% were residential lighting (+2.4%); ballasts (+1.1%); and electrical measurement an integrated instruments (-1.6%).It was another quiet month on the pricing front, as measured by Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index (EPI). The total EPI was up only 0.2% over both April 2012 and YTY April 2011. The only categories showing changes of more than 1% were residential lighting (+2.4%); ballasts (+1.1%); and electrical measurement an integrated instruments (-1.6%).
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