Producer Prices, UK

The Producer Price Index (PPI) is a monthly survey conducted by the ONS that measures the price changes of goods bought and sold by UK manufacturers. Similar to the RPI and CPI calculations, a collection of representative products is weighted and changes in prices are measured against a base year (2005). This section contains a selection of important input and output producer price indices and includes indices of materials and fuels purchased and output of manufacturing industry.

PPIs provide an insight into cost pressures affecting domestic production. Producer prices and consumer prices usually follow the same path but producer prices are usually more volatile. PPIs are generally not seasonally adjusted.