Electrical Marketing's Electrical Price Index (EPI) saw a moderate increase of +0.1% in February to 204.5 points. That's a -0.7% YOY drop over Feb. 2023. Circuit breakers led all product categories with a -2.1% decline that was +5.1% of the Feb. 2023 pace. Transformers had the biggest monthly increase at +1.7%, followed by Boxes at +1.2%. Boxes and Pole-Line Hardware had YOY decreases of -13.4% and -13.5%, respectively.
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