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Wire and Cable Pricing Down YTY in EPI

Feb. 24, 2012
Two of the more volatile product categories, building wire and power cable, showed marked declines from Jan. 2011.

While the 0.1 percent total increase in EM’s Electrical Price Index (EPI) maintained its recent trend of little price movement, two of the more volatile product categories, building wire and power cable, showed marked declines from Jan. 2011. Building wire is down 9.6% YTY, while power cable is down 2.3% YTY. Lamp prices showed a sizeable decrease in January (-1.7%).