Producer Price Index: New industrial building construction (PCU236211236211)

Units and definitions

Index, June 2007 = 100 (first observation is 100.0). Series title from the BLS series file: 'PPI industry data for New industrial building construction, not seasonally adjusted'.

Limitations

• Measures the price of constructing new industrial buildings in general; it is not specific to manufacturing subsectors such as semiconductor fabrication.
• The four most recent months are preliminary: 'All indexes are subject to monthly revisions up to four months after original publication.'
• Not seasonally adjusted.
• What the index includes (for example contractor margins) was not reviewed from BLS methodology documents in this project.