U.S. Sept PPI rose 0.3 pct

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | October 10, 2003

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U.S. Sept PPI rose 0.3 pct
Friday October 10, 8:28 am ET

   WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department
monthly producer price index (1982 equals 100, except where
noted):
.                          Seasonally Adj   Unadjusted
.                           Sept     Aug    Sept03/02
Finished Goods               0.3     0.4       3.5
 Less Food, Energy          unch     0.1       0.1
 Consumer Foods              1.2     0.7       6.6
 Energy Goods                0.1     1.2      12.9
 Finished Goods Index(X)   143.9   143.5       N/A
 Residential NatGas(W)       1.6    -1.5      29.5
 Gasoline                    2.2     6.3      21.7
 Heating Oil               -14.3     1.6      -1.5
 Tobacco Products(X)         0.1    unch      -7.8
 Passenger Cars             -0.5     0.3      -0.1
 Capital Equipment          -0.1     0.1       0.6
 Pharmaceutical Preps        0.4     0.3       4.7
Intermediate Goods          -0.1     0.5       3.7
 Less Food, Energy           0.1     0.1       1.7
 Manufact Materials         -0.2     0.5       2.3
 Construction Materials      0.9     0.1       2.0
 Intermed.Energy Goods      -2.3     2.4      12.0
Crude Goods                  3.4    -1.4      22.3
 Less Food, Energy(Y)        2.3     3.7      11.1
 Food/Feedstuffs             7.0     3.7      17.9
 Nonfood Materials           1.1    -4.2      25.2
 Energy Materials(Z)         0.6    -7.4      32.9
 Petroleum(X)               -8.4     1.5      -1.3
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. Sept producer prices unch
 U.S. Sept producer prices ex-food/energy +0.1 pct
 HISTORICAL/NOTES:
 Consumer foods +1.2 pct, highest gain since +1.9 pct in
January 2003.
 Vegetables +20.7 pct, highest rise since +22.7 pct in March
2002.

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

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