Table 9. Producer price indexes for material and supply inputs to construction industries, not seasonally adjusted

PPI Detailed Report, May, 2006

Table 9. Producer price indexes for material and supply inputs to
construction industries, not seasonally adjusted (1)

(June 1986=100)

                                         Relative    Unadjusted
Grouping                                Importance   index (2)
                                         December
                                           2005      Jan. 2006

Inputs to construction industries        100.000       170.7
  New construction                        84.947       170.6
    Single-unit residential               33.584       169.3
    Multi-unit residential                 3.741       170.1
    Non-residential buildings             28.622       165.3
    Highway and street construction        7.606       177.5
    Other heavy construction              11.370       176.3
  Maintenance and repair construction     15.053       172.1
    Residential                            2.913       168.7
    Non-residential                       12.140       173.0

Grouping                                 Unadjusted index (2)

                                        Apr. 2006     May 2006

Inputs to construction industries         174.7        176.8
  New construction                        174.5        176.4
    Single-unit residential               172.2        173.7
    Multi-unit residential                173.2        174.7
    Non-residential buildings             169.0        170.8
    Highway and street construction       185.2        188.3
    Other heavy construction              181.4        184.2
  Maintenance and repair construction     177.1        179.6
    Residential                           173.2        175.2
    Non-residential                       178.2        180.8

                                            Percent change
Grouping                                   to May 2006 from:

                                         May 2005    Apr. 2006

Inputs to construction industries           9.6         1.2
  New construction                          9.2         1.1
    Single-unit residential                 8.1          .9
    Multi-unit residential                  9.0          .9
    Non-residential buildings               8.5         1.1
    Highway and street construction        15.9         1.7
    Other heavy construction               10.4         1.5
  Maintenance and repair construction      11.2         1.4
    Residential                            10.2         1.2
    Non-residential                        11.5         1.5

(1) Indexes in this table are derived from the primary product
indexes in table 5 that are weighted using 1997 input/output
relationships. These indexes only include inputs to construction
which are produced by the mining and manufacturing sectors of the
economy excluding capital equipment. Since they do not include
labor or capital costs, these indexes should not be regarded as
comprehensive measures of construction costs. See note on page
190 of the July 1986 issue of Producer Price Indexes.

(2) The indexes for January 2006 have been recalculated to
incorporate late reports and corrections by respondents. All data
are subject to revision 4 months after original publication.