A three-percent increase in building wire and cable led all other product categories in Electrical Marketing's July Electrical Price Index (EPI). The only other category that had an increase of more than one percent was air conditioners (+2.8%). Pole-line hardware (-2.0%) and boxes (-2.0%) led the declines. Power cable (+14.2%) is up the most YTD of any of the major product categories.
Electrical Price Index — July 2011
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), nonmetallic conduit, and generators. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Global Insight