US PPI — Iron and Steel Scrap
BLS · WPU1012 · Industrial Metals & Parts
+8.2% this month · -4.9% trailing year
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Escalation Report: February 2025
How the 194 price indices Escalake tracks moved in February 2025, grouped by sector, with the biggest single-month moves and what they mean for a contract escalation clause.
Indices with data this month
190 / 194
Not every provider has published February 2025 yet. Each one releases on its own monthly schedule, and some run a longer lag than others.
Average move
+0.4%
Month-over-month, all indices.
Rising / falling
123 / 49
Notable moves
2
Moved 5% or more in a single month.
What this means for contracts
Across the 190 indices with data for February 2025, the average month-over-month move was +0.4%, with 123 rising and 49 falling.
US PPI — Iron and Steel Scrap (BLS WPU1012) moved the most, up +8.2% for the month and -4.9% over the trailing year.
A contract escalating 60% of its price on US PPI — Iron and Steel Scrap and holding the remaining 40% fixed would move about -2.9% over the same trailing year, before any cap or floor.
24 of the 190 indices in this report moved more than 10% over the trailing year, the range where a typical annual cap or floor begins to bind.
Top risers
US PPI — Residual Fuels (Heavy Fuel Oils)
BLS · WPU0574 · Energy & Fuels
+4.9% this month · -1.5% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing, Thermoplastic Resins and Plastics Materials
BLS · PCU3252113252111 · Plastics & Rubber
+3.9% this month · +0.8% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Iron and Steel
BLS · WPU101 · Industrial Metals & Parts
+3.5% this month · -14.0% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing, Primary Products
BLS · PCU325211325211P · Plastics & Rubber
+2.9% this month · +0.6% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Steel Mill Products
BLS · WPU1017 · Industrial Metals & Parts
+2.8% this month · -19.1% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Softwood Lumber
BLS · WPU0811 · Construction Materials
+2.8% this month · +10.9% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Plastic Resins and Materials
BLS · WPU066 · Plastics & Rubber
+2.7% this month · +0.7% trailing year
View index →Top fallers
US PPI — Sulfuric Acid
BLS · WPU0613020T1 · Lubricants & Chemicals
-14.1% this month · +6.1% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Printed Circuit Assembly Manufacturing
BLS · PCU334418334418 · Semiconductors
-2.8% this month · +6.5% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Synthetic Fibers
BLS · WPU031 · Textiles & Fibers
-2.7% this month · +1.3% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Industrial Gas Manufacturing, Carbon Dioxide
BLS · PCU3251203251204 · Lubricants & Chemicals
-2.2% this month · +5.7% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing
BLS · PCU326122326122 · Lubricants & Chemicals
-2.1% this month · -4.5% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Newsprint
BLS · WPU091302 · Paper & Packaging
-1.8% this month · -6.9% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Hot Rolled Steel Bars, Plates, and Structural Shapes
BLS · WPU101704 · Industrial Metals & Parts
-1.7% this month · -13.3% trailing year
View index →US PPI — General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload
BLS · PCU484121484121 · Freight & Trucking
-1.2% this month · +0.6% trailing year
View index →By sector
Cite this report: Escalake Escalation Report, February 2025. https://escalake.com/reports/escalation/2025-02
Methodology: each index is a real, verified feed from its official statistical agency, the same 194-index catalog behind the public index lookup. Month-over- month, year-over-year, and three-year change each compare the report month's value to the value exactly one, twelve, or thirty-six months earlier; an index without a value on one of those exact months shows that comparison as unavailable rather than an estimate. No customer or contract data is used anywhere on this page.
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