US PPI — Residual Fuels (Heavy Fuel Oils)
BLS · WPU0574 · Energy & Fuels
+27.0% this month · +28.4% trailing year
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Escalation Report: April 2026
How the 194 price indices Escalake tracks moved in April 2026, 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 April 2026 yet. Each one releases on its own monthly schedule, and some run a longer lag than others.
Average move
+1.9%
Month-over-month, all indices.
Rising / falling
146 / 31
Notable moves
8
Moved 5% or more in a single month.
What this means for contracts
Across the 191 indices with data for April 2026, the average month-over-month move was +1.9%, with 146 rising and 31 falling.
US PPI — Residual Fuels (Heavy Fuel Oils) (BLS WPU0574) moved the most, up +27.0% for the month and +28.4% over the trailing year.
A contract escalating 60% of its price on US PPI — Residual Fuels (Heavy Fuel Oils) and holding the remaining 40% fixed would move about +17.1% over the same trailing year, before any cap or floor.
46 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 — Jet Fuel
BLS · WPU057203 · Energy & Fuels
+26.1% this month · +88.6% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Printed Circuit Assembly Manufacturing
BLS · PCU334418334418 · Semiconductors
+24.4% this month · +147.3% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Unleaded Regular Gasoline
BLS · WPU057104 · Energy & Fuels
+20.5% this month · +39.9% trailing year
View index →US PPI — No. 2 Diesel Fuel
BLS · WPU057303 · Freight & Trucking
+13.2% this month · +72.3% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Raw Cotton
BLS · WPU015 · Textiles & Fibers
+12.8% this month · +15.5% trailing year
View index →US PPI — General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload (Primary Product Line)
BLS · PCU4841224841221 · Freight & Trucking
+12.0% this month · +20.0% trailing year
View index →US PPI — General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload
BLS · PCU484122484122 · Freight & Trucking
+12.0% this month · +20.0% trailing year
View index →Top fallers
US PPI — Argon and Hydrogen
BLS · WPU06790309 · Lubricants & Chemicals
-15.4% this month · -8.0% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing, Asphalt and Tar Paving Mixtures
BLS · PCU3241213241210131 · Construction Materials
-12.0% this month · +2.8% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing
BLS · PCU324121324121 · Construction Materials
-6.5% this month · +0.8% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Oxygen
BLS · WPU06790304 · Lubricants & Chemicals
-4.2% this month · +3.3% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Avocados
BLS · WPU01110205 · Food & Agriculture
-3.5% this month · -51.7% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas
BLS · PCU486210486210 · Transportation & Logistics
-3.3% this month · -1.8% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Metal Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing
BLS · PCU332722332722 · Aerospace & Defence
-2.9% this month · -1.7% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Iron and Steel Scrap
BLS · WPU1012 · Industrial Metals & Parts
-2.4% this month · +5.8% trailing year
View index →By sector
Cite this report: Escalake Escalation Report, April 2026. https://escalake.com/reports/escalation/2026-04
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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