US PPI — Yellow Brass Scrap
BLS · WPU10230103 · Industrial Metals & Parts
+3.6% this month · +4.4% trailing year
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Escalation Report: September 2025
How the 194 price indices Escalake tracks moved in September 2025, grouped by sector, with the biggest single-month moves and what they mean for a contract escalation clause.
Indices with data this month
191 / 194
Not every provider has published September 2025 yet. Each one releases on its own monthly schedule, and some run a longer lag than others.
Average move
-0.1%
Month-over-month, all indices.
Rising / falling
92 / 74
Notable moves
3
Moved 5% or more in a single month.
What this means for contracts
Across the 191 indices with data for September 2025, the average month-over-month move was -0.1%, with 92 rising and 74 falling.
US PPI — Yellow Brass Scrap (BLS WPU10230103) moved the most, up +3.6% for the month and +4.4% over the trailing year.
A contract escalating 60% of its price on US PPI — Yellow Brass Scrap and holding the remaining 40% fixed would move about +2.6% over the same trailing year, before any cap or floor.
20 of the 191 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 — Extruded Aluminum Shapes, Including Rod, Bar, and Wire
BLS · WPU10250162 · Industrial Metals & Parts
+2.6% this month · +22.7% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Synthetic Fibers
BLS · WPU031 · Textiles & Fibers
+2.5% this month · +3.6% trailing year
View index →US PPI — No. 2 Diesel Fuel
BLS · WPU057303 · Freight & Trucking
+2.2% this month · +8.6% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Fluid Power Pump and Motor Manufacturing
BLS · PCU333996333996 · Industrial & Building Equipment
+2.2% this month · +6.8% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Synthetic Ammonia, Nitric Acid, Ammonium Compounds, and Urea
BLS · WPU0652013A · Lubricants & Chemicals
+2.1% this month · +21.4% trailing year
View index →US PPI — General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload
BLS · PCU484121484121 · Freight & Trucking
+2.0% this month · +8.1% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing
BLS · PCU325311325311 · Lubricants & Chemicals
+1.8% this month · +19.9% trailing year
View index →Top fallers
US PPI — Avocados
BLS · WPU01110205 · Food & Agriculture
-12.8% this month · -31.3% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Copper and Copper Products
BLS · WPUSI019011 · Industrial Metals & Parts
-6.1% this month · +2.2% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Residual Fuels (Heavy Fuel Oils)
BLS · WPU0574 · Energy & Fuels
-5.4% this month · -17.3% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Softwood Lumber
BLS · WPU0811 · Construction Materials
-4.1% this month · -1.3% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Building Material and Supplies Dealers
BLS · PCU4441--4441-- · Construction Materials
-4.1% this month · -1.9% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Cold Rolled Steel Sheet and Strip
BLS · WPU101707 · Industrial Metals & Parts
-3.4% this month · +7.8% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Newsprint
BLS · WPU091302 · Paper & Packaging
-3.1% this month · -0.6% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Sulfuric Acid
BLS · WPU0613020T1 · Lubricants & Chemicals
-2.7% this month · +18.1% trailing year
View index →By sector
Cite this report: Escalake Escalation Report, September 2025. https://escalake.com/reports/escalation/2025-09
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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