EPI Increases 0.7 in July

Aug. 26, 2011
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

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.