Electrical Marketing's EPI Index jumped 1.1%, in October, due in large part to increases in building wire and cable (+4.3%) and power cable (+1.9%). Over the past year, these product categories are up 10.9% and 15.6%, respectively. The telephone category was the only other product group (+1.1%) in this month's EPI that registered an increase of more than one percent.
Note: All EPI series represent Global Insight aggregates of Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) producer price indices (PPIs). The revised data partly reflect redefinitions of specific PPIs by the BLS, but mostly reflect the rebenchmarking of all EPI price series to a 1997 base year. The four following EPI series have been affected by BLS redefinitions: boxes, conduit (fittings), non-metallic conduit, and generators. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Global Insight
Electrical Price Index — October, 2010
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