Electrical Marketing's Electrical Price Index (EPI) rose 0.6 percent for September. The index posted price gains in 11 categories and decreases in eight; nine product categories held steady this time.
Conduit fittings posted the biggest gain (5.6 percent) followed by nonmetallic conduit (4.6 percent). Residential lighting fixtures posted the biggest decrease (1.2 percent).
Note: All EPI series represent DRI/WEFA 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.