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Current Economic Trends

The preliminary value for the October 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) continued a string of monthly declines that has been observed in recent months. For October, the drop is driven by a decline in the…

Current Economic Trends

The preliminary value for the September 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) once again fell compared to the previous month’s value, driven by declines in Equipment producer prices, as well as drops in the Buildings and…

Current Economic Trends

The preliminary value for the August 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) fell compared to the previous month’s value, driven by declines in the Equipment and Buildings subindices. The Construction Labor and Engineering & Supervision subindices…

Current Economic Trends

The preliminary value for the July 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) fell compared to the previous month’s value, driven by a decline in the Equipment subindex. The Construction Labor, Buildings and Engineering & Supervision subindices…

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Current Economic Trends: April

The preliminary value for the April 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) continued the trend of small monthly declines since the beginning of the year. The April CEPCI is 1.8% lower than the corresponding value from…

Current Economic Trends

The preliminary value for the March 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) once again declined from the previous month's value, and remains 0.5% lower than the corresponding value from a year ago at the same time.…

Current economic trends

The preliminary value for the February 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) declined from the previous month’s value and now stands at 0.7% lower than the corresponding value from a year ago. The  Equipment, Construction Labor and…

Economic Indicators: CEPCI

The preliminary value for the January 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) edged downward from the previous month’s value for the fourth consecutive month. The first calculated value for 2015 sits only 0.11% higher than the year-earlier…

Current Economic Trends

The preliminary value for the December 2014 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) inched downward compared to the final value for November, continuing a three-month trend. The index value sits at 1.45% above its level from December 2013.…

Current Economic Trends

The preliminary value for the November CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) shows a slight decrease from the final value for October. The small decrease for November follows a similar decline the previous month. The index value remains…