No Change in October EPI from September

It was a comparatively quiet month for EM’s Electrical Price Index (EPI), with no change in the Total Index from September, but a +1.5% increase year-over-year from Sept. 2018. Circuit breakers bucked that trend with a -7.2% drop from the previous month, as did Conduit Fittings (+2.3%); Nonmetallic Conduit (+1.9%); Panelboards and Switchgear (-3%); and Industrial Controls (-2.5%). Lamps had a big  YOY gain at +11%.