Producer Price Index News Release summary

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                          PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - DECEMBER 2025


The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.5 percent in December, seasonally 
adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices advanced 0.2 
percent in November and 0.1 percent in October. (See table A.) On an unadjusted basis, the index 
for final demand rose 3.0 percent in 2025 after moving up 3.5 percent in 2024.

The December increase in prices for final demand can be traced to a 0.7-percent advance in the 
index for final demand services. Prices for final demand goods were unchanged.

The index for final demand less foods, energy, and trade services moved up 0.4 percent in 
December, the eighth consecutive increase. Prices for final demand less foods, energy, and trade 
services rose 3.5 percent in 2025 following a 3.6-percent advance in 2024.

Final Demand

Final demand services: The index for final demand services advanced 0.7 percent in December, the 
largest increase since moving up 0.9 percent in July. Two-thirds of the broad-based December rise in 
prices for final demand services can be traced to a 1.7-percent jump in margins for final demand 
trade services. (Trade indexes measure changes in margins received by wholesalers and retailers.) 
The indexes for final demand services less trade, transportation, and warehousing and for final 
demand transportation and warehousing services also moved up, 0.3 percent and 0.5 percent, 
respectively.

Product detail: Over 40 percent of the December increase in prices for final demand services can be 
traced to a 4.5-percent rise in margins for machinery and equipment wholesaling. The indexes for 
guestroom rental; food and alcohol retailing; health, beauty, and optical goods retailing; portfolio 
management; and airline passenger services also advanced. Conversely, prices for bundled wired 
telecommunications access services fell 4.4 percent. The indexes for automotive fuels and lubricants 
retailing and for long-distance motor carrying also moved lower. (See table 2.)

Final demand goods: Prices for final demand goods were unchanged in December following a 0.8-
percent increase in November. In December, a 0.4-percent advance in the index for final demand 
goods less foods and energy offset declines in prices for final demand energy and for final demand 
foods, which fell 1.4 percent and 0.3 percent, respectively.

Product detail: Within final demand goods in December, the index for nonferrous metals moved up 
4.5 percent. Prices for residential natural gas, motor vehicles, soft drinks, and aircraft and aircraft 
equipment also increased. In contrast, the index for diesel fuel dropped 14.6 percent. Prices for 
gasoline, jet fuel, beef and veal, and iron and steel scrap also decreased.

Table A. Monthly and 12-month percent changes in selected final demand price indexes, seasonally adjusted
Month Total
final
demand
Final
demand
less
foods,
energy,
and
trade
Final demand goods Final demand services Change
in final
demand
from 12
months
ago
(unadj.)
Change
in final
demand
less
foods,
energy,
and
trade
from 12
mo. ago
(unadj.)
Total Foods Energy Less
foods
and
energy
Total Trade Transportation
and
warehousing
Other

2024

Dec.

0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 2.2 0.1 0.5 0.5 2.5 0.3 3.5 3.6

2025

Jan.

0.7 0.4 0.7 1.0 2.0 0.2 0.7 1.2 0.6 0.4 3.8 3.5

Feb.

0.1 0.4 0.3 1.6 -1.4 0.3 0.1 -0.8 0.0 0.5 3.4 3.6

Mar.

-0.2 0.1 -0.9 -2.2 -3.9 0.3 0.2 0.4 -1.7 0.3 3.2 3.5

Apr.

-0.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.9 -0.3 0.3 -0.3 -0.2 0.0 -0.4 2.4 2.7

May

0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.4 0.3 0.5 1.4 0.0 0.1 2.7 2.7

June

0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 1.1 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.7 0.1 2.4 2.6

July

0.8 0.7 0.6 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.9 1.0 1.5 0.7 3.2 2.9

Aug.(1)

-0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 -0.3 0.4 -0.3 -2.1 0.7 0.3 2.7 3.0

Sept.(1)

0.7 0.2 0.8 0.9 2.9 0.2 0.6 1.5 0.8 0.2 3.0 3.0

Oct.(1)

0.1 0.7 -0.4 -0.6 -3.3 0.5 0.3 -0.8 0.0 0.8 2.8 3.4

Nov.(1)

0.2 0.2 0.8 0.0 3.7 0.2 0.0 -0.6 0.8 0.2 3.0 3.5

Dec.

0.5 0.4 0.0 -0.3 -1.4 0.4 0.7 1.7 0.5 0.3 3.0 3.5

Footnotes
(1) Some of the figures shown above and elsewhere in this release may differ from those previously reported because data for August through November have been revised to reflect the availability of late reports and corrections by respondents.

Intermediate Demand by Commodity Type

Within intermediate demand in December, prices for processed goods edged down 0.1 percent, the 
index for unprocessed goods increased 2.3 percent, and prices for services advanced 0.7 percent. (See 
tables B and C.)

Processed goods for intermediate demand: Prices for processed goods for intermediate demand 
moved down 0.1 percent in December after rising 0.5 percent in November. A major factor in the 
decline was the index for processed energy goods, which fell 2.4 percent. Prices for processed foods 
and feeds decreased 1.3 percent. Conversely, the index for processed materials less foods and energy 
increased 0.7 percent. Prices for processed goods for intermediate demand rose 3.4 percent in 2025 
following a 0.1-percent advance in 2024.

Product detail: Leading the December decline in prices for processed goods for intermediate 
demand, the index for diesel fuel dropped 14.6 percent. Prices for jet fuel, gasoline, agricultural 
chemicals and chemical products, and natural cheese (except cottage cheese) also fell. In contrast, the 
index for nonferrous mill shapes rose 2.6 percent. Prices for utility natural gas, electric power, and 
synthetic organic plasticizers also advanced. 

Unprocessed goods for intermediate demand: The index for unprocessed goods for intermediate 
demand moved up 2.3 percent in December, the largest increase since jumping 5.8 percent in 
January. More than three-fourths of the December rise can be traced to prices for unprocessed energy 
materials, which advanced 5.5 percent. The index for unprocessed nonfood materials less energy 
moved up 2.6 percent. Conversely, prices for unprocessed foodstuffs and feedstuffs decreased 0.6 
percent. The index for unprocessed goods for intermediate demand fell 0.3 percent in 2025 after 
rising 4.5 percent in 2024.

Product detail: A major factor in the December increase in prices for unprocessed goods for 
intermediate demand was the index for natural gas, which jumped 34.8 percent. Prices for raw milk, 
nonferrous metal ores, nonferrous scrap, slaughter poultry, and slaughter cows and bulls also 
advanced. In contrast, the index for slaughter hogs declined 10.1 percent. Prices for crude petroleum 
and for carbon steel scrap also fell.

Table B. Monthly and 12-month percent changes in selected intermediate demand price indexes for goods by commodity type, seasonally adjusted
Month Processed goods for intermediate demand Unprocessed goods for intermediate demand
Total Foods
and
feeds
Energy
goods
Less
foods
and
energy
Total,
change
from 12
months
ago
(unadj.)
Total Foodstuffs
and
feedstuffs
Energy
materials
Nonfood
materials
less
energy
Total,
change
from 12
months
ago
(unadj.)

2024

Dec.

0.2 0.3 1.1 -0.1 0.1 2.9 1.2 8.0 -1.7 4.5

2025

Jan.

1.0 0.8 3.6 0.4 1.0 5.8 2.4 12.3 1.3 8.3

Feb.

0.4 2.0 -0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 4.0 -4.2 1.4 9.3

Mar.

-0.1 -0.5 -2.8 0.7 0.7 -3.9 -5.9 -5.0 1.0 6.5

Apr.

0.3 -0.9 0.1 0.5 0.5 -3.7 -3.4 -7.1 1.0 0.3

May

0.1 0.7 -2.0 0.6 1.8 -1.6 1.2 -5.0 -1.3 -1.2

June

-0.1 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 1.8 2.2 0.7 5.1 0.7 0.6

July

0.8 -0.1 3.1 0.4 2.1 1.6 1.3 1.9 1.6 0.2

Aug.(1)

0.4 0.7 0.0 0.4 2.6 -1.7 -0.3 -4.3 -0.4 1.7

Sept.(1)

0.3 0.9 0.5 0.2 3.7 0.0 1.6 -2.9 1.4 3.5

Oct.(1)

-0.3 -1.9 -1.4 0.2 3.1 -1.3 -3.0 -2.9 3.4 -0.2

Nov.(1)

0.5 -0.3 2.6 0.1 3.6 0.5 -0.2 0.9 1.1 0.3

Dec.

-0.1 -1.3 -2.4 0.7 3.4 2.3 -0.6 5.5 2.6 -0.3

Footnotes
(1) Some of the figures shown above and elsewhere in this release may differ from those previously reported because data for August through November have been revised to reflect the availability of late reports and corrections by respondents.

Services for intermediate demand: The index for services for intermediate demand moved up 0.7 
percent in December, the largest increase since rising 0.7 percent in July. Nearly seventy percent of 
the broad-based advance in December can be traced to prices for services less trade, transportation, 
and warehousing for intermediate demand, which climbed 0.7 percent. The indexes for trade services 
for intermediate demand and for transportation and warehousing services for intermediate demand 
also moved higher, 0.6 percent and 0.7 percent, respectively. Prices for services for intermediate 
demand rose 2.7 percent in 2025 following a 3.1-percent increase in 2024.

Product detail: Thirty percent of the December advance in the index for services for intermediate 
demand is attributable to a 10.1-percent increase in prices for gross rents for retail properties. The 
indexes for machinery and equipment parts and supplies wholesaling; deposit services (partial); 
portfolio management; guestroom rental; and courier, messenger, and U.S. postal services also 
moved higher. Conversely, prices for bundled wired telecommunications access services fell 4.4 
percent. The indexes for food wholesaling and for long-distance motor carrying also decreased.

Table C. Monthly and 12-month percent changes in selected intermediate demand price indexes for services by commodity type, seasonally adjusted
Month Services for intermediate demand
Total Trade Transportation
and
warehousing
Other Total, change
from 12 months
ago (unadj.)

2024

Dec.

0.6 -0.1 1.2 0.6 3.1

2025

Jan.

0.1 0.9 0.4 -0.2 2.4

Feb.

0.0 0.4 0.1 -0.1 2.5

Mar.

0.3 2.6 -0.4 -0.1 2.6

Apr.

-0.3 -2.1 0.3 0.1 2.1

May

0.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 1.9

June

0.1 0.5 0.4 -0.1 1.6

July

0.7 1.3 0.9 0.4 1.9

Aug.(1)

0.1 -1.9 0.3 0.6 1.9

Sept.(1)

0.3 1.6 0.4 0.0 2.0

Oct.(1)

0.3 0.2 0.5 0.3 2.2

Nov.(1)

0.1 1.0 0.7 -0.2 2.5

Dec.

0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 2.7

Footnotes
(1) Some of the figures shown above and elsewhere in this release may differ from those previously reported because data for August through November have been revised to reflect the availability of late reports and corrections by respondents.

Intermediate Demand by Production Flow

Stage 4 intermediate demand: Prices for stage 4 intermediate demand rose 0.6 percent in 
December, the largest advance since moving up 0.8 percent in July. In December, the index for total 
services inputs to stage 4 intermediate demand increased 0.9 percent, and prices for total goods 
inputs climbed 0.2 percent. (See table D.) Advances in the indexes for gross rents for retail 
properties, machinery and equipment parts and supplies wholesaling, portfolio management, 
nonferrous metals, nonresidential property management fees, and gross rents for office buildings 
outweighed declines in prices for diesel fuel; hay, hayseeds, and oilseeds; and services related to 
securities brokerage and dealing (partial). The index for stage 4 intermediate demand rose 3.7 percent 
in 2025 after increasing 2.6 percent in 2024.

Stage 3 intermediate demand: Prices for stage 3 intermediate demand rose 0.2 percent in December 
after edging up 0.1 percent in November. In December, the index for total services inputs to stage 3 
intermediate demand increased 0.4 percent. In contrast, prices for total goods inputs decreased 0.1 
percent. Advances in the indexes for gross rents for retail properties; raw milk; nonferrous metals; 
courier, messenger, and U.S. postal services; slaughter poultry; and metals, minerals, and ores 
wholesaling outweighed declines in prices for diesel fuel, slaughter hogs, and cable network 
advertising time sales. The index for stage 3 intermediate demand rose 1.9 percent in 2025 following 
a 1.8-percent increase in 2024.

Stage 2 intermediate demand: The index for stage 2 intermediate demand advanced 1.4 percent in 
December, the largest increase since moving up 1.9 percent in January. In December, prices for total 
goods inputs to stage 2 intermediate demand jumped 2.6 percent, and the index for total services 
inputs rose 0.5 percent. Advances in prices for gas fuels, nonferrous metals, deposit services (partial), 
guestroom rental, business loans (partial), and pipeline transportation of energy products outweighed 
decreases in the indexes for crude petroleum, automotive fuels and lubricants retailing, and food 
wholesaling. Prices for stage 2 intermediate demand increased 0.8 percent in 2025 after rising 2.2 
percent in 2024.

Stage 1 intermediate demand: Prices for stage 1 intermediate demand rose 0.5 percent in 
December, the fourth consecutive advance. In December, the index for total services inputs to stage 1 
intermediate demand moved up 1.0 percent. Conversely, prices for total goods inputs fell 0.1 percent. 
Increases in the indexes for gross rents for retail properties, guestroom rental, utility natural gas, 
nonferrous metals, machinery and equipment parts and supplies wholesaling, and airline passenger 
services outweighed declines in prices for diesel fuel, services related to securities brokerage and 
dealing (partial), and agricultural chemicals and chemical products. The index for stage 1 
intermediate demand rose 3.9 percent in 2025 following a 0.9-percent advance in 2024.

Table D. Monthly percent changes in selected intermediate demand price indexes by production flow, seasonally adjusted
Month Stage 4 intermediate
demand
Stage 3 intermediate
demand
Stage 2 intermediate
demand
Stage 1 intermediate
demand
Total Goods
inputs
Services
inputs
Total Goods
inputs
Services
inputs
Total Goods
inputs
Services
inputs
Total Goods
inputs
Services
inputs

2024

Dec.

0.5 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.5 1.4 2.7 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.8

2025

Jan.

0.4 0.5 0.4 1.0 2.0 0.3 1.9 5.5 -0.5 0.9 1.2 0.6

Feb.

0.2 0.3 0.1 0.5 1.4 -0.3 -0.7 -1.5 -0.1 0.3 0.5 0.1

Mar.

0.2 0.0 0.3 -0.5 -1.7 0.4 -0.6 -2.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.4

Apr.

0.1 0.5 -0.3 -0.5 -1.0 -0.1 -1.1 -2.5 -0.1 -0.2 0.3 -0.5

May

0.0 0.2 -0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 -0.6 -1.8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

June

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.3 0.8 1.9 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0

July

0.8 0.5 1.0 0.9 1.4 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.3 1.0 1.0 1.1

Aug.(1)

0.3 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.6 -1.2 -0.1 0.0 0.2 -0.1

Sept.(1)

0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 -0.1 -0.6 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.5

Oct.(1)

0.2 0.1 0.3 -0.5 -1.5 0.3 0.0 -0.6 0.3 0.1 -0.2 0.4

Nov.(1)

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 0.3 0.4 0.2

Dec.

0.6 0.2 0.9 0.2 -0.1 0.4 1.4 2.6 0.5 0.5 -0.1 1.0

Footnotes
(1) Some of the figures shown above and elsewhere in this release may differ from those previously reported because data for August through November have been revised to reflect the availability of late reports and corrections by respondents.

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The Producer Price Index for January 2026 is scheduled to be released on Friday, February 27, 2026, 
at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

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                          Effect of Federal Government Shutdown on PPI Data

The Federal government shutdown in October and November has significantly delayed the 
transmission of Producer Price Index (PPI) price-update requests. Price-update requests asking 
for information as of the December 9, 2025 pricing date were sent to PPI survey respondents on 
January 5, 2026. The response rate for December data reflected in this release is within the 
normal range, and no modifications to PPI methodology or procedures were necessary. 

The effects of the government shutdown will continue to delay upcoming PPI data releases, with 
the January PPI data release rescheduled for February 27, 2026. Revised PPI release dates will 
be posted at www.bls.gov/bls/2025-lapse-revised-release-dates.htm as they become available.

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      Recalculated Relative Importance Figures and Seasonal Adjustment Factors to be 
                                Available on February 27, 2026

Each year with the release of PPI data for January, relative importance figures and seasonal 
adjustment factors are recalculated to reflect price movements from the just-completed calendar 
year. With this year's update PPI relative importance figure tables that describe the Final 
Demand-Intermediate Demand (FD-ID) aggregation structure also will be impacted by the PPI 
update to commodity weight allocations for the FD-ID system. (See accompanying notice.) The 
following information will be released on February 27, 2026, at 8:30 AM eastern time, in 
conjunction with the release of PPI data for January 2026, and will be available on the PPI 
website at www.bls.gov/ppi/tables/.

Relative Importance Figure Tables for December 2025:  
*  Final demand by individual commodities
*  Final demand by component series
*  Individual commodities of intermediate demand by commodity type
*  Component series of intermediate demand by commodity type
*  Individual commodities of intermediate demand by production flow
*  Component series of intermediate demand by production flow
*  Commodities, all levels
*  Wherever-provided services and construction

Seasonal Factor Update:
*  Direct seasonal factors for PPI commodity indexes for 2026
*  Recalculated seasonal factors for the last 5 years (2021-2025) for PPI commodity indexes 
*  Recalculated seasonal factors for the last 5 years (2021-2025) for PPI FD-ID indexes 
 
Recalculated seasonal index data for 2021-2025 for the FD-ID and commodity indexes also will 
be posted to the PPI database on the BLS website on February 27, 2026, at 8:30 AM eastern 
time. 

For additional information, contact the PPI Section of Index Analysis and Public Information at 
ppi-info@bls.gov or (202) 691-7705.          
                   
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     PPI Updates Commodity Weight Allocations for the Final Demand-Intermediate Demand 
                                      Aggregation Structure

Effective with the release of data for January 2026 on February 27, 2026, the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics (BLS) will update weight allocations used to calculate the Producer Price Index (PPI) 
Final Demand-Intermediate Demand (FD-ID) indexes to more accurately reflect recent sales 
patterns. The new allocations will be based primarily on data from the 2017 Input-Output (I-O) 
Accounts from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The allocations were previously based 
on the 2012 I-O of Accounts data. PPI commodity index weights continue to be based on 
shipment values from the 2017 economic census, which were applied in January 2023. It is the 
proportions of these commodity index weights allocated to the various FD-ID categories, 
including Final demand, Intermediate demand by commodity type, and Intermediate demand by 
production flow, that will be updated. 

This allocation update will not change the PPI commodity classification system, reference base, 
the FD-ID aggregation structure, or historical index data. It may, however, result in substantial 
shifts in the relative importance figures of certain commodity components that make up the FD-
ID indexes.

Relative importance figure tables for December 2025, which detail the shift in weight 
allocations, as well as price movements in 2025, will be available on February 27, 2026 on the 
BLS website at www.bls.gov/ppi/tables/. This information also may be requested from the PPI 
Section of Index Analysis and Public Information at ppi-info@bls.gov or (202) 691-7705.