EPI Sees Minor Movement in October
It was a particularly quiet month for EM's Electrical Price Index in October. Building Wire & Cable (+1.9%) and Telephone equipment (+1.3%) were the only categories that changed by more than +1%. Pricing trends were much more active on a year-over-year (YOY) basis, with Building Wire & Cable again leading all product categories with a +8.5% increase, and 10 other categories with increase over the Total Index mark of +3%.