Electrical Marketing's Electrical Price Index rose 0.4 percent for December.
The index posted price gains in 11 categories and decreases in 10; seven product categories held steady. Bulding wire and cable saw the biggest increase, up 4.1 percent.
Power wire and cable saw the biggest decrease (-3.6 percent), followed by telephone wire, down 2.6 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