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    EPI Increases 0.6 Percent in April

    May 21, 2010
    Led by increases in building wire (+1.6%), lamps (+1.9%), and power wire and cable (+2.2%), EM's Electrical Price Index increased 0.6 percent over March

    Led by increases in building wire (+1.6%), lamps (+1.9%), and power wire and cable (+2.2%), EM's Electrical Price Index increased 0.6 percent over March and is now up 5.7 percent YTY. Other product categories up more than one percent over March include wiring devices (+1%) and appliances (+2.3%). Year-to-year, building wire and power cable are up 25.8 percent and 28.9 percent, respectively.

    Electrical Price Index — April 2010

    1997=100April 2010March 2010April 2009% Change 1 Mo. 1 Yr.Building wire & cable 229.3 225.7 182.2 1.6 25.8 Power wire & cable 191.3 187.2 148.4 2.2 28.9 Telephone 163.7 164.2 151.5 -0.3 8.1 Hand & power tools 115.7 115.5 116.1 0.1 -0.4 Elec. heating equip. 125.0 125.1 124.0 -0.1 0.8 Residential lighting 121.3 121.2 121.8 0.1 -0.4 Industrial fixtures 117.1 117.1 118.7 0.0 -1.4 Fans & blowers 133.0 133.0 133.1 0.0 -0.1 Wiring devices & connectors 120.2 119.1 117.6 1.0 2.3 Pole-line hardware 144.0 143.0 140.7 0.7 2.3 Boxes 151.9 150.9 148.4 0.7 2.3 Conduit fittings 124.6 124.5 124.3 0.1 0.2 Metal conduit 162.3 162.1 161.6 0.1 0.4 Nonmetallic conduit 131.4 131.2 130.6 0.2 0.7 Motors 133.3 132.8 132.7 0.3 0.4 Generators 130.3 130.1 129.0 0.2 1.0 Ballasts 137.7 137.7 137.7 0.0 0.0 Elect. meas. & integ. inst. 111.2 111.2 111.2 0.0 0.1 Transformers 122.3 121.8 121.1 0.4 1.0 Panelboards & switches 144.8 145.2 140.2 -0.3 3.3 Circuit breakers 151.3 151.7 146.5 -0.3 3.3 Switchgear 155.7 155.6 155.2 0.1 0.3 Fuses 141.1 141.3 138.4 -0.1 1.9 Industrial controls 138.2 138.6 133.8 -0.3 3.3 Lamps 122.7 120.4 120.4 1.9 1.9 Appliances 102.7 100.5 104.3 2.3 -1.5 Air conditioners 120.8 120.7 123.5 0.1 -2.2 Fasteners 132.5 131.7 132.4 0.6 0.1 Total Index 139.3 138.4 131.7 0.6 5.7

    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