Business Price Indexes: March 2025 Quarter
Business price indexes (BPI) includes the producers price index (PPI), capital goods price index (CGPI), and farm expenses price index (FEPI).Business price indexes (BPI) includes the producers price index (PPI), capital goods price index (CGPI), and farm expenses price index (FEPI).
Key facts
In the March 2025 quarter compared with the December 2024 quarter:
the output producers price index (PPI) rose 2.1 percent
the input PPI rose 2.9 percent
the farm expenses price index (FEPI) rose 0.4 percent
the capital goods price index (CGPI) rose 0.5 percent.
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