Latest from Electrical Price Index
November EPI Data Shows Prices Cooling
EPI Sees Minor Movement in October
Price Increases Slow Again in August EPI
EPI Sees -3% Decline in July
Electrical Price Index Moves Up +0.4% in June 2024
May's EPI Jumps +1.5%
EPI Increases +0.8% in April
EM’s Electrical Price Index (EPI) declined again in July, dropping a half percentage point from June and 0.6% year-over-year (YOY) from June 2014. Power Wire & Cable saw a particularly large drop of 4.1% (-4.8% YOY), while building wire added to the EPI’s decline with a 2% decline in June and a 2.3% decline YOY). Also supporting the downward trend were Telephone supplies (-1.5% MOM) and -5.2% YOY); and the Air Conditioners category, which dropped 1.4% in June and -4.2% YOY.
Note: All EPI series represent Global Insight aggregates of Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) producer price indices (PPIs). The data is now benchmarked to 2012 instead of 2007, reflecting new pricing informaton now available. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Global Insight
