“Building & Maintaining Transportation Infrastructure for New Mexico’s Economic Future”

January

Included along with today's Data DIGest are charts and tables that track the producer price indexes (PPIs) for a variety of construction inputs and segments compared to the consumer price index (CPI). The charts show the cumulative increases since December 2003, when construction materials costs began to accelerate. The tables show annual increases for the 12 months ending in December 2001-2006, 1-, 3- and 12-month increases through December 2007, and the cumulative change for December 2003-December 2007.
Kenneth D. Simonson, Chief Economist

Associated General Contractors of America - Building Your Quality of Life
2300 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201
703-837-5313; fax -5407; cell 202-329-9671; email simonsonk@agc.org

www.agc.org <http://www.agc.org/> ; state fact sheets, www.agc.org/factsheets <http://www.agc.org/factsheets>

Construction Inflation Alert: www.agc.org/Oct2007CIA <http://www.agc.org/Oct2007CIA>

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Percentage Changes in Producer Price Indexes (PPIs) for Construction Materials and Components, 2001-2007

The Data DIGest