US PPI — Jet Fuel
BLS · WPU057203 · Energy & Fuels
+30.2% this month · +66.8% trailing year
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Escalation Report: August 2026
How the 194 price indices Escalake tracks moved in August 2026, 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 August 2026 yet. Each one releases on its own monthly schedule, and some run a longer lag than others.
Average move
+0.8%
Month-over-month, all indices.
Rising / falling
117 / 56
Notable moves
8
Moved 5% or more in a single month.
What this means for contracts
Across the 190 indices with data for August 2026, the average month-over-month move was +0.8%, with 117 rising and 56 falling.
US PPI — Jet Fuel (BLS WPU057203) moved the most, up +30.2% for the month and +66.8% over the trailing year.
A contract escalating 60% of its price on US PPI — Jet Fuel and holding the remaining 40% fixed would move about +40.1% over the same trailing year, before any cap or floor.
58 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 — No. 2 Diesel Fuel
BLS · WPU057303 · Freight & Trucking
+19.5% this month · +77.8% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Printed Circuit Assembly Manufacturing
BLS · PCU334418334418 · Semiconductors
+12.5% this month · +131.7% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Special Purpose Coatings (Marine, Industrial, and Construction)
BLS · WPU062103 · Construction Materials
+8.3% this month · +13.3% trailing year
View index →US PPI — General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload
BLS · PCU484121484121 · Freight & Trucking
+6.2% this month · +13.9% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Avocados
BLS · WPU01110205 · Food & Agriculture
+5.9% this month · -8.4% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Unleaded Regular Gasoline
BLS · WPU057104 · Energy & Fuels
+5.6% this month · +47.0% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Raw Cotton
BLS · WPU015 · Textiles & Fibers
+5.4% this month · +16.6% trailing year
View index →Top fallers
US PPI — Synthetic Ammonia, Nitric Acid, Ammonium Compounds, and Urea
BLS · WPU0652013A · Lubricants & Chemicals
-9.6% this month · +23.9% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing
BLS · PCU325311325311 · Lubricants & Chemicals
-9.1% this month · +19.9% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Residual Fuels (Heavy Fuel Oils)
BLS · WPU0574 · Energy & Fuels
-7.5% this month · +26.6% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing, Other Semiconductor Devices
BLS · PCU334413334413A · Semiconductors
-5.7% this month · -10.1% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Aluminum Mill Shapes
BLS · WPU102501 · Industrial Metals & Parts
-4.4% this month · +27.3% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing
BLS · PCU33131-33131- · Industrial Metals & Parts
-3.7% this month · +29.0% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Extruded Aluminum Shapes, Including Rod, Bar, and Wire
BLS · WPU10250162 · Industrial Metals & Parts
-3.4% this month · +31.3% trailing year
View index →US PPI — Steel Pipe and Tube, Stainless Steel
BLS · WPU10170674 · Industrial Metals & Parts
-3.1% this month · +7.1% trailing year
View index →By sector
Cite this report: Escalake Escalation Report, August 2026. https://escalake.com/reports/escalation/2026-08
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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