Economy

PPI Final Demand Rises 1.3% in September

The Tip Desk · October 15, 2026 · 1 min read

The seasonally adjusted final-demand index reached 159.780, up from 157.662 in August.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ seasonally adjusted Producer Price Index for final demand rose 1.3% in September 2026. The index reached 159.780 on a November 2009 = 100 scale, up from 157.662 in August. The monthly increase was the largest since March 2022.

The BLS release dated October 15, 2026 reports the monthly increase; its Table 3 gives the index levels. On an unadjusted basis, total final-demand prices rose 6.3% over the 12 months ended in September.

**Correction (2026-10-18):** An earlier version used the final-demand finished-goods subindex as total final demand and mislabeled its 1982 = 100 base as November 2009 = 100. The headline, summary and figures above have been corrected using BLS’s total final-demand series.