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Following its long-time trend of little or no increases, EM’s Electrical Price Index (EPI) came in at +0.2% last month, -1.2% off Sept. 2014. Residential Lighting (+3.5%); Fasteners (+1.5%); and Switchgear (+1.1%); saw the largest increases. Th...
Click to enlargeThe overall pricing trend in EM’s Electrical Price Index (EPI) continued its current trend of small monthly declines, dropping -0.1 percent from July. But two new product categories contributed most to the decline. Residential l...
click to enlargeEM’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 build...
Click to enlargePower cable increased a surprising 4.1% over May in Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index (EPI), a mark that was down 1.4% from its June 2014 level. The overall EPI continued on its course of little change with a 0.1% in...
It’s been another quiet month in Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index (EPI), with no change since April and a -0.4% drop year-over-year from April 2014. The only categories registering a change of over 1% in last month’s EPI were Pow...
Electrical Marketing's Electrical Price Index, a proprietary data series provided monthly to EM subscribers, is seldom a volatile thing. Most of the time it's downright boring, because pricing changes of any size are rare in this market...
In EM’s EPI, it’s big news when a category jumps over a point, and the 12.4% April increase in the ballast category is one of the largest increases we have seen. Global Insights’ Michael Montgomery, who provides the EPI each month for EM, said ...
EM’s Electrical Price Index (EPI) saw a slight dip in March, primarily due to drops in electrical test instruments (-1.6%) and air conditioners (-2.7%). Residential lighting equipment (+1.1%) and lamps (+2%) were the two biggest gainers. Buildi...
EM’s Electrical Price Index (EPI) was up 0.3% in February to 146.5, but was down -0.7% from Feb. 2014. The only categories registering an increase of more than 1% were telephone supplies (+3.5%) and air conditioners (+1.1%). Some of the year-o...
Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index started off 2015 with some rather larger decreases, with Power Wire & Cable sagging -3.2% and Telephone products down -7%. Wiring Devices & Connectors were the only product category with an increase...
