Focus on Prices and Spending | Producer Price Index

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Focus on Prices and Spending, Producer Price Index, Volume 2, Number 6

Chart 1. PPIs for rail transportation and truck transportation and diesel fuel prices, January 2007–June 2011
Month	Diesel prices (dollars per gallon)	Rail transportation	Truck transportation
Jan 2007	$2.48	100.0	100
Feb 2007	$2.49	100.5	99.7
Mar 2007	$2.67	99.6	100.2
Apr 2007	$2.83	100.4	101.1
May 2007	$2.80	101.5	101.4
Jun 2007	$2.81	103.6	101.5
Jul 2007	$2.87	103.5	101.3
Aug 2007	$2.87	104.8	101.5
Sep 2007	$2.95	105.9	101.5
Oct 2007	$3.08	106.3	102.0
Nov 2007	$3.40	107.6	102.9
Dec 2007	$3.34	108.7	103.5
Jan 2008	$3.31	111.8	104.6
Feb 2008	$3.38	111.4	104.8
Mar 2008	$3.88	111.7	106.3
Apr 2008	$4.08	112.3	107.6
May 2008	$4.42	114.9	109.4
Jun 2008	$4.68	117.3	111.2
Jul 2008	$4.70	119.4	111.7
Aug 2008	$4.30	120.7	111.2
Sep 2008	$4.02	120.3	110.1
Oct 2008	$3.58	118.2	109.1
Nov 2008	$2.88	115.9	106.7
Dec 2008	$2.45	112.8	104.7
Jan 2009	$2.29	109.8	104.1
Feb 2009	$2.19	108.4	103.4
Mar 2009	$2.09	107.4	102.0
Apr 2009	$2.22	107.3	102.4
May 2009	$2.23	107.3	102.5
Jun 2009	$2.53	108.0	102.9
Jul 2009	$2.54	108.4	103.3
Aug 2009	$2.63	110.1	103.3
Sep 2009	$2.63	110.2	103.5
Oct 2009	$2.67	110.4	103.2
Nov 2009	$2.79	110.8	103.5
Dec 2009	$2.75	110.9	103.0
Jan 2010	$2.85	112.2	103.1
Feb 2010	$2.79	112.8	103.3
Mar 2010	$2.92	113.6	104.1
Apr 2010	$3.06	113.7	104.5
May 2010	$3.07	115.1	105.0
Jun 2010	$2.95	116.0	104.9
Jul 2010	$2.91	115.9	104.8
Aug 2010	$2.96	115.1	104.9
Sep 2010	$2.95	115.3	105.1
Oct 2010	$3.05	115.7	105.5
Nov 2010	$3.14	115.7	106.6
Dec 2010	$3.24	116.5	106.7
Jan 2011	$3.39	118.7	107.4
Feb 2011	$3.58	119.5	108.7
Mar 2011	$3.90	121.7	110.5
Apr 2011	$4.06	123.4	110.8
May 2011	$4.05	126.5	111.8
Jun 2011	$3.93	127.4	112.0