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# August PPI by the numbers
- URL: https://steel-veritas.ghost.io/august-ppi-by-the-numbers/
- Published: 2026-09-16T04:03:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-16T04:03:33.000Z
- Author: David Adams

August producer priced finished goods increased 6.6% Y0Y. August price index for intermediate processed goods increased 11.5% YoY. August price index for unprocessed goods increased 12.8% Y0Y. 

Tuesday Sept 14th Diesel fuel cost is now $6.27 a gallon. Average shipping cost have increased 16% Y0Y. 

Unlike the post-Covid supply disrupted scarcity, today's market is more affected by increased cost, ranging from raw materials to energy cost, to diesel cost to labor cost to rising healthcare cost. 

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