According to the latest Producer Price Index Report (PPI), issued by the US Labor Department, flat glass prices saw a big jump – relative to recent month-to-month changes – in December, increasing 1.8% from the month before. The spike comes after flat glass prices rose 0.5% from October to November. The PPI program measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The prices included in the PPI are from the first commercial transaction for many products and some services. The flat glass index sits at 123.2, continuing to go up after mostly steady increases throughout 2014. The latest bump in prices puts them up 3.4% for the year. For more information, please visit: www.bls.gov/ppi/
