Producer Price Index
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The Producer Price Index is a key economic indicator that measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Producer Price Index canonical | 4 |
| Wholesale Price Index | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2436051 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Producer Price Index Context triple: [BLS, publishes, Producer Price Index]
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A.
Prices and Production
Prices and Production is a seminal economic work by Friedrich Hayek that develops his theory of the business cycle and the role of monetary disturbances in causing economic fluctuations.
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B.
Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index is a key economic indicator that measures changes over time in the average prices paid by consumers for a basket of goods and services, commonly used to track inflation and adjust income-related benefits.
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C.
National Average Wage Index
The National Average Wage Index is a measure published annually by the U.S. Social Security Administration that reflects the average wages subject to Social Security taxes across all covered workers.
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D.
Office of Price Administration
The Office of Price Administration was a U.S. World War II-era federal agency responsible for controlling prices and rents and preventing wartime inflation through measures such as price ceilings and rationing.
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E.
Dow Jones Utility Average
The Dow Jones Utility Average is a U.S. stock market index that tracks the performance of major utility companies, primarily in the electricity and natural gas sectors.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Producer Price Index Target entity description: The Producer Price Index is a key economic indicator that measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.
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A.
Prices and Production
Prices and Production is a seminal economic work by Friedrich Hayek that develops his theory of the business cycle and the role of monetary disturbances in causing economic fluctuations.
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B.
Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Index is a key economic indicator that measures changes over time in the average prices paid by consumers for a basket of goods and services, commonly used to track inflation and adjust income-related benefits.
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C.
National Average Wage Index
The National Average Wage Index is a measure published annually by the U.S. Social Security Administration that reflects the average wages subject to Social Security taxes across all covered workers.
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D.
Office of Price Administration
The Office of Price Administration was a U.S. World War II-era federal agency responsible for controlling prices and rents and preventing wartime inflation through measures such as price ceilings and rationing.
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E.
Dow Jones Utility Average
The Dow Jones Utility Average is a U.S. stock market index that tracks the performance of major utility companies, primarily in the electricity and natural gas sectors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economic indicator
ⓘ
price index ⓘ time series ⓘ |
| began | early 20th century ⓘ |
| calculatedFrom | survey data on producer transaction prices ⓘ |
| calculatedUsing | weighted averages of price relatives ⓘ |
| coreDefinition | PPI excluding food and energy ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| covers |
goods
ⓘ
some services ⓘ |
| dataFormat |
not seasonally adjusted series
ⓘ
seasonally adjusted series ⓘ |
| excludes |
import prices
ⓘ
sales and excise taxes collected from buyers ⓘ |
| expressedAs | index number ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
business-to-business transaction prices
ⓘ
domestic producers ⓘ wholesale level prices ⓘ |
| formerlyCalled |
Producer Price Index
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Wholesale Price Index
|
| hasBasePeriod | index equals 100 in a chosen base period ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
commodity-based indexes
ⓘ
industry-based indexes ⓘ stage-of-processing indexes ⓘ |
| hasFrequency | monthly ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
core PPI
ⓘ
headline PPI ⓘ |
| influences |
interest rate expectations
ⓘ
long-term contracts with escalation clauses ⓘ wage negotiations ⓘ |
| measures |
average change over time in selling prices received by domestic producers
ⓘ
producer output prices ⓘ |
| publishedBy |
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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surface form:
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
|
| relatedTo |
Consumer Price Index
ⓘ
GDP deflator ⓘ cost-push inflation ⓘ inflation ⓘ |
| reportedIn |
percentage changes month-over-month
ⓘ
percentage changes year-over-year ⓘ |
| usedBy |
businesses
ⓘ
central banks ⓘ financial markets ⓘ government agencies ⓘ |
| usedFor |
contract escalation
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deflating nominal values to real values ⓘ economic analysis ⓘ forecasting consumer price inflation ⓘ monitoring inflation at the producer level ⓘ policy making ⓘ |
| weightsBasedOn | value of shipments or production ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Producer Price Index Description of subject: The Producer Price Index is a key economic indicator that measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Wholesale Price Index