U.S. Aug PPI rose 0.4 pct

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | September 12, 2003

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U.S. Aug PPI rose 0.4 pct
Friday September 12, 8:32 am ET

   WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department
monthly producer price index (1982 equals 100, except where
noted):
.                         Seasonally Adj   Unadjusted
.                            Aug    July     Aug03/02
Finished Goods               0.4     0.1       3.4
 Less Food, Energy           0.1     0.2       0.4
 Consumer Foods              0.7    -0.2       5.0
 Energy Goods                1.2     0.3      14.2
 Finished Goods Index(X)   143.5   143.0       N/A
 Residential NatGas(W)      -1.5    unch      28.9
 Gasoline                    6.3     3.6      20.8
 Heating Oil                 1.6     1.7      21.5
 Tobacco Products(X)        unch    unch      -7.9
 Passenger Cars              0.3     0.4       0.8
 Capital Equipment           0.1     0.4       0.8
 Pharmaceutical Preps        0.3     0.6       4.8
Intermediate Goods           0.5     0.2       4.4
 Less Food, Energy           0.1    -0.1       1.8
 Manufact Materials          0.5    -0.2       2.8
 Construction Materials      0.1     0.3       1.1
 Intermed.Energy Goods       2.4     1.3      17.0
Crude Goods                 -1.4    -2.9      20.9
 Less Food, Energy(Y)        3.7     0.8       8.3
 Food/Feedstuffs             3.7    -3.0      11.8
 Nonfood Materials          -4.2    -2.9      27.5
 Energy Materials(Z)        -7.4    -4.4      38.2
 Petroleum(X)                1.5    -0.7      14.7
W-1990=100
X-not seasonally adjusted. Y-excludes crude petroleum
Z-Includes crude petroleum. N/A-not available
 FORECAST:
 Reuters survey of economists forecast:
 U.S. Aug producer prices +0.3 pct
 U.S. Aug producer prices ex-food/energy +0.1 pct
 Historical:
 U.S. August crude goods excluding food and energy was the
highest since +4.6 percent in June 1979.

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The full BLS report is at Producer Price Indexes -- August 2003

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