EPI Shows No MTM Change in February

Outside of power wire & cable (+5.9%); telephone (+1.0%); electrical measurement instruments (-1.0%); and air conditioners (-2.1%); no other product categories in Electrical Marketing’s Electrical Price Index fluctuated one percent or more from January. The YTY changes were much more dramatic, with19 product categories showing a change of at least 1%.

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