PRODUCER PRICES FOR TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
PRODUCER PRICES FOR TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
Producer Price Index: Equipment by Mode (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)
Transportation equipment prices have accounted for about 47 percent of the total price of user-operated transportation in recent years (Table 2-13, National Transportation Statistics 1999, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation).
| Price Index (1982=100) | May-00 | May-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Aircraft and parts | 184.61 | 191.20 |
| Aircraft and parts percent change from same month previous year | 2.50 | 3.57 |
| Ships and boats | 164.70 | 169.00 |
| Ships and boats percent change from same month previous year | 1.10 | 2.61 |
| Railroad equipment | 135.70 | 135.80 |
| Railroad equipment percent change from same month previous year | 0.89 | 0.07 |
| Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment | 132.40 | 131.30 |
| Motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment percent change from same month previous year | 0.76 | -0.83 |
NOTE: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
Data from February 2001 to May 2001 are preliminary.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, available at: http://www.bls.gov/datahome.htm.