Index lookup
The producer and consumer price indices that actually get cited in escalation clauses, with the current value, the year-over-year change, and what each one means for a formula, not just a raw number.
BLS · BLS_PCU333611333611 · Aerospace & Defence
Used to escalate the propulsion-system share of naval shipbuilding contracts, alongside shipbuilding steel and shipyard labor.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU336412336412 · Aerospace & Defence
The largest single weight in most aircraft equipment and spare-parts escalation composites, engine overhaul is where aftermarket spend concentrates.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU336411336411 · Aerospace & Defence
Indexes new-build aircraft directly. Does not cover spare parts, which have no matching government series and price from a composite instead.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU336611336611 · Aerospace & Defence
Indexes naval and commercial shipbuilding contracts directly, typically weighted alongside shipbuilding steel and marine propulsion.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU33299T33299T · Aerospace & Defence
The only real government index for defence small-arms contracts. No narrower "small arms only" or "ammunition only" series exists alongside it.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU332722332722 · Aerospace & Defence
Fasteners and structural hardware component in aircraft spare-parts escalation composites.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU334413334413 · Semiconductors
Indexes chip supply contracts directly. Needs a cap and floor more than most categories since the swings are structural, not occasional.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU333242333242 · Semiconductors
Indexes fab equipment separately from chip prices, the two move on different cycles and a shared index misprices whichever side is out of phase.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU334412334412 · Semiconductors
Indexes the bare board substrate itself, separate from the populated assembly. A contract that only cites a chip index misses the board substrate cost, which moves on its own schedule.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU334418334418 · Semiconductors
Covers the finished assembled board with labor and component cost baked in together. Use this instead of the bare-board index when the supplier delivers a completed assembly, not raw boards.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU334417334417 · Semiconductors
Connectors are a standalone line item in most electronics bills of materials and price on their own cycle, tied to copper and plating metal cost more than to chip supply.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU33441K33441K · Semiconductors
The standard index for passive components, bundled into one series since none of the individual component types trades a large enough category for its own separate line.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU335910335910 · Semiconductors
Covers finished battery packs and cells broadly. For EV or grid-scale battery-metal exposure specifically, pair with a lithium or nickel index rather than relying on this alone.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU334419334419 · Semiconductors
A catch-all for electronic components with no dedicated series of their own. Use only when nothing more specific applies, and name the actual component in the clause so both sides know what it covers.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU335311335311 · Telecom & Data Centers
One of the strongest indexed components in data-center, transmission, and substation contracts, a real manufactured product with a live monthly survey.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU335313335313 · Telecom & Data Centers
Paired with the transformer series as the two strongest indexed components in data-center, transmission, and substation escalation clauses.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU333415333415 · Telecom & Data Centers
Covers the cooling-equipment share of a data-center build, alongside the transformer and switchgear series.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU334112334112 · Telecom & Data Centers
Indexes storage hardware, drives and arrays, as a distinct line from servers or networking gear. Useful when a data-center build-out contract breaks storage out as its own procurement category.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU324191324191 · Lubricants & Chemicals
Use when neither contract party holds an Argus or ICIS subscription, or as a free sanity check against a subscription-based number.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU326122326122 · Lubricants & Chemicals
Covers PVC and similar pressure and drain pipe as a manufactured product, distinct from the raw resin feedstock index. Use this one when the contract buys finished pipe, the resin series when it buys pellets for in-house extrusion.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU326160326160 · Lubricants & Chemicals
A finished-goods packaging index that tracks converters output price, not the resin they buy. Pair with a resin index only if the contract also covers raw material risk upstream of the bottler.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU0722 · Lubricants & Chemicals
Covers flexible packaging film and sheet stock as a commodity, common in a freight or product-packaging escalation composite where film cost is a real, separately negotiated line.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU3261403261403 · Lubricants & Chemicals
The construction-specific cut of polystyrene foam output, rigid insulation board and similar building products, separate from packaging foam, which prices differently.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU071304 · Lubricants & Chemicals
Indexes hydraulic and industrial hose as a finished product. Pair with a fluid power valve or fitting index when a contract covers a full hydraulic assembly rather than hose alone.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU326220326220D2 · Lubricants & Chemicals
A narrow, named cut of the rubber and plastics hose and belting series. Use it specifically for belt drives, not the parent series, when the contract is belt-specific.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU06790304 · Lubricants & Chemicals
One of several named cuts of the industrial gas series. Oxygen prices separately from nitrogen or argon since production and distribution economics differ by gas.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU06790303 · Lubricants & Chemicals
Prices on its own cycle from oxygen and argon despite sharing production infrastructure. Name the specific gas in the clause rather than citing a generic industrial gas index.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU06790309 · Lubricants & Chemicals
A blended two-gas series. Use only when the contract genuinely buys both in a fixed ratio, otherwise the nitrogen or oxygen series is the cleaner match for a single-gas clause.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU3251203251204 · Lubricants & Chemicals
The standalone carbon dioxide cut of the industrial gas manufacturing series, relevant to beverage carbonation, welding shielding gas, and dry ice supply contracts specifically.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU067904 · Lubricants & Chemicals
A single blended series covering both adhesives and sealants, common in a construction materials composite where sealant cost is real but too small a line to negotiate its own index.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU32592-32592- · Lubricants & Chemicals
The only BLS series for commercial and mining explosives, an industry-group aggregate rather than a single narrow product line since no finer breakdown exists.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU484110484110 · Freight & Trucking
Use for port-to-warehouse and last-mile moves. Local drayage prices on a different structure than long-distance linehaul, do not use one for the other.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU484121484121 · Freight & Trucking
The standard linehaul benchmark for full-truckload freight contracts. Pair with a diesel fuel index for the surcharge, the two move on different schedules.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU484122484122 · Freight & Trucking
Use when a shipment shares trailer space with other freight, LTL typically prices differently from full truckload on the same lane.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU057303 · Freight & Trucking
The standard benchmark for a diesel fuel surcharge on a freight or transport contract, cited alongside the linehaul trucking index, since the two move on different schedules.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU333922333922 · Warehouse & Logistics Equipment
Usually the largest single weight in a warehouse fit-out escalation composite.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU333924333924 · Warehouse & Logistics Equipment
Indexes forklift fleet costs in a warehouse fit-out contract.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU333923333923 · Warehouse & Logistics Equipment
Also the standard series for port crane escalation. Name it explicitly as a general proxy in the contract, not a warehouse-specific benchmark.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU1322 · Construction Materials
The standard series for bulk cement in a concrete-heavy construction contract, distinct from the broader ready-mix concrete price, which also carries aggregate and labor cost.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU324121324121 · Construction Materials
Covers hot-mix asphalt for paving, the standard index for a road, parking lot, or driveway paving contract material escalation.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU1331 · Construction Materials
Indexes finished masonry units, not the raw cement or aggregate that goes into them. Use this when the contract buys block or brick directly, the cement series when it buys bulk cement for site-mixed concrete.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU0812 · Construction Materials
A separate series from softwood construction lumber, relevant to flooring, millwork, and furniture-grade contracts rather than structural framing.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU332321332321 · Construction Materials
A finished-product index for window and door units, useful in a building envelope contract where glazing and framing are priced as installed assemblies, not raw glass and metal.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU13210120 · Construction Materials
The standard aggregate index for a concrete or paving contract, typically cited alongside cement since both feed the same ready-mix batch.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU1345 · Construction Materials
Covers clay pipe, tile, and similar structural clay items outside the brick and block series, a narrow but real line in some site-utility contracts.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU11710216 · Construction Materials
Indexes the conduit and fittings that route wiring, distinct from the wire itself or the current-carrying devices, switches and outlets, at the end of the run.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU332913332913 · Construction Materials
The standard index for finished plumbing trim, faucets, fittings and fixtures, as installed in a building fit-out contract rather than the pipe that feeds them.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU335931335931 · Construction Materials
Covers switches, outlets, and similar devices that carry current, the companion series to conduit and fittings for a complete electrical escalation composite.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU0922 · Construction Materials
The standard series for engineered wood panel products, used in cabinetry, subflooring, and similar applications distinct from solid dimensional lumber.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU062103 · Construction Materials
Covers marine, industrial, and construction coatings as one blended series, common in a building envelope or structural steel contract paint and coating line.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU102505 · Industrial Metals & Parts
The standard series for titanium stock used in aerospace structural and engine components, priced separately from the aluminum and steel series it sometimes substitutes for.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU10170674 · Industrial Metals & Parts
A distinct series from carbon steel pipe, relevant to corrosion-resistant piping in chemical processing or food-grade construction contracts.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU1076 · Industrial Metals & Parts
Covers cut and shaped steel plate as a manufactured product, distinct from raw hot-rolled steel, useful when the contract buys ready-to-weld plate rather than coil.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU332911332911 · Industrial Metals & Parts
The standard index for process valves in a chemical plant or utility contract, a real, separately negotiated line distinct from the pipe and fitting it connects to.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU332919332919 · Industrial Metals & Parts
Covers fittings and smaller valve types outside the industrial valve series, commonly cited alongside it for a complete piping-system escalation composite.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU339991339991 · Industrial Metals & Parts
A small but real line in an automotive or industrial equipment contract, gasket cost tracks rubber and metal input cost more closely than it tracks the parent assembly.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU331513331513 · Industrial Metals & Parts
Covers cast steel parts made by sand or similar casting, distinct from wrought steel plate or bar. Relevant to heavy equipment and structural casting contracts.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU332618332618 · Industrial Metals & Parts
Covers wire mesh, fencing, and similar fabricated wire goods, a narrow line most relevant to site fencing or reinforcement mesh in a construction contract.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU3271203271207 · Industrial Metals & Parts
The standard index for furnace and kiln lining brick, relevant to any contract supplying refractory material for industrial heat processing equipment.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU482111482111 · Transportation & Logistics
The standard index for rail freight service broadly. Use the intermodal cut of this same series instead when the contract specifically covers container-on-rail movement.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU482111482111412 · Transportation & Logistics
A named cut of the line-haul railroad series specific to container and trailer-on-rail movement, the right choice for an intermodal logistics contract rather than the broader rail series.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU481112481112 · Transportation & Logistics
Covers commercial air cargo service, relevant to a time-sensitive freight contract where air is a real alternative to ocean or truck, not just an emergency option.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU483111483111 · Transportation & Logistics
The standard index for oceangoing container and bulk freight, the usual choice for an international shipping contract transport-cost escalation.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU483113483113 · Transportation & Logistics
Covers domestic waterborne freight distinct from deep sea international shipping, relevant to a contract moving goods along the US coastline or through the Great Lakes.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU486110486110 · Transportation & Logistics
Indexes the cost of moving crude by pipeline, a real and separately negotiated line in an upstream or midstream contract distinct from the crude price itself.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU486210486210 · Transportation & Logistics
The gas-transport equivalent of the crude oil pipeline series, relevant to a midstream contract where transport and commodity cost are billed separately.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU4842--4842-- · Transportation & Logistics
Covers trucking for freight requiring special handling, oversize, refrigerated, or hazardous, as an industry-group aggregate since no finer single-commodity breakdown exists for this trucking segment.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU015 · Textiles & Fibers
An agricultural commodity series more than an industrial input, relevant to a textile or apparel manufacturing contract that buys raw fiber rather than finished cloth.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU031 · Textiles & Fibers
Covers polyester, nylon, and similar man-made fiber output, the standard series for a contract buying synthetic fiber as a manufacturing input rather than finished fabric.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU0345 · Textiles & Fibers
Covers nonwoven material used in filtration, geotextiles, and insulation backing, a real input in both construction and automotive interior contracts.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU0542 · Energy & Fuels
The standard series for commercial electricity rates, distinct from industrial electricity, which prices on a different rate schedule.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU05130101 · Energy & Fuels
Covers coal sold to utilities for power generation, relevant to a legacy power-purchase or industrial-boiler fuel contract still indexed to coal.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU057104 · Energy & Fuels
The retail-grade gasoline series, use for a light-vehicle fleet fuel contract, a diesel index is the right choice for heavy trucking instead.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU057203 · Energy & Fuels
The standard index for aviation turbine fuel, relevant to an air charter, cargo, or defense logistics contract fuel escalation clause.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU0574 · Energy & Fuels
Covers heavy bunker-grade fuel oil, the standard index for a marine shipping contract fuel surcharge, distinct from the diesel or gasoline series used for road transport.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU091302 · Paper & Packaging
A secularly declining but still actively published series, relevant only to a legacy print or publishing contract still buying newsprint directly.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU091501233 · Paper & Packaging
More an institutional and janitorial supply input than a manufacturing one, relevant to a facilities-management or janitorial-supply contract rather than a typical production contract.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU322220322220E · Paper & Packaging
Covers heavy paper packaging used for bulk material shipment, cement, chemicals, and similar, a real line in a freight or bulk-goods packaging contract.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU333912333912 · Industrial & Building Equipment
Indexes compressed-air and gas compressor equipment, a real capital-goods line in a manufacturing plant build-out or industrial equipment supply contract.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU335312335312 · Industrial & Building Equipment
Covers electric motors and generators as finished equipment, distinct from the transformer and switchgear series used for power distribution.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU332410332410 · Industrial & Building Equipment
The standard index for industrial boilers and heat exchangers, relevant to a power plant or process-heating equipment contract.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU333921333921 · Industrial & Building Equipment
A narrow but real line in a high-rise or commercial construction contract, elevator equipment cost tracks separately from general building materials.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU333914333914 · Industrial & Building Equipment
Covers metering pumps and dispensing equipment, relevant to a chemical processing or fuel distribution contract equipment line.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU333996333996 · Industrial & Building Equipment
The hydraulic pump and motor equivalent of the fluid power valve series, use both together for a complete hydraulic system escalation composite.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU333120333120 · Industrial & Building Equipment
Indexes heavy equipment, excavators, loaders, and similar, relevant to an equipment rental or purchase contract rather than the construction materials the equipment installs.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU333131333131 · Industrial & Building Equipment
The standard index for mining-specific equipment, distinct from general construction machinery, relevant to a mine development or extraction equipment contract.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU333517333517 · Industrial & Building Equipment
Covers lathes, mills, and similar precision manufacturing equipment, a capital-goods line relevant to a factory tooling or equipment supply contract.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU335314335314 · Industrial & Building Equipment
Covers industrial control systems and relays, the automation-equipment line in a manufacturing plant electrical contract.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU333992333992 · Industrial & Building Equipment
Indexes welding and soldering equipment as capital goods, relevant to a fabrication shop equipment contract, distinct from the metal being welded.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU335132335132 · Industrial & Building Equipment
The commercial and industrial lighting equivalent of general electrical fixtures, relevant to a commercial building fit-out contract.
View live value →BLS · BLS_WPU1177 · Industrial & Building Equipment
Covers the lamp and bulb components themselves, distinct from the fixture that houses them, a real consumable-replacement line in a facilities contract.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU3334133334132 · Industrial & Building Equipment
A named cut of the fan, blower, and air purification equipment series, relevant to an HVAC or industrial ventilation contract.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU333993333993 · Industrial & Building Equipment
Indexes packaging line equipment, a capital-goods line in a manufacturing or distribution facility contract, distinct from the packaging materials the equipment processes.
View live value →BLS · BLS_PCU332216332216 · Industrial & Building Equipment
Covers hand tools and blades as a manufactured product, a consumable-equipment line in a construction or fabrication contract.
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