{
 "datasetId": "bls-ppi-trucking",
 "title": "Producer Price Index for general freight trucking, 2017 to 2026",
 "description": "Monthly BLS Producer Price Indexes for three general freight trucking industries: long-distance truckload, long-distance less-than-truckload and local trucking, January 2017 to August 2026.",
 "sourceOrganization": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
 "sourceUrl": "https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/PCU484121484121",
 "sourceType": "PRIMARY_OFFICIAL",
 "period": {
  "start": "2017-01",
  "end": "2026-08"
 },
 "frequency": "monthly",
 "metric": "Producer price index (industry data)",
 "unit": "index-dec2003",
 "retrievedAt": "2026-09-30",
 "publishedAt": "2026-09-10",
 "lastUpdated": "2026-09-30",
 "nextExpectedUpdate": "2026-10-15",
 "methodology": [
  "Series PCU484121484121 (general freight trucking, long-distance TL), PCU484122484122 (long-distance LTL) and PCU484110484110 (local), not seasonally adjusted, base December 2003 = 100, downloaded from the BLS Public Data API.",
  "The PPI \"measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.\"",
  "Values are shown exactly as BLS publishes them, including the precision BLS uses (one decimal for older months, three for recent months). Year-over-year changes are RapidShips analysis, calculated from two published index values."
 ],
 "limitations": [
  "BLS footnote on the latest four months: \"Preliminary. All indexes are subject to monthly revisions up to four months after original publication.\"",
  "An index shows direction and relative change, not a price. It cannot tell you what a truckload from Newark to Chicago costs.",
  "National figures. BLS does not publish these trucking indexes for New Jersey or for a single lane.",
  "Not seasonally adjusted: compare the same month across years rather than one month with the next."
 ],
 "license": {
  "id": "us-public-domain",
  "label": "U.S. federal government work in the public domain. BLS asks that it be cited as the source.",
  "url": "https://www.bls.gov/opub/copyright-information.htm",
  "download": true,
  "embed": true
 },
 "geography": "United States",
 "citation": "RapidShips. \"Producer Price Index for general freight trucking, 2017 to 2026.\" Data period January 2017 to August 2026. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Producer Price Index (industry data) (https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/PCU484121484121). RapidShips Freight Data: https://rapidships.com/freight-data/trucking-warehousing-price-indexes/#ds-bls-ppi-trucking. Retrieved September 30, 2026; last updated September 30, 2026.",
 "page": "https://rapidships.com/freight-data/trucking-warehousing-price-indexes/#ds-bls-ppi-trucking",
 "label": "FACT: values exactly as the source publishes them",
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     "2017-02",
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    [
     "2017-05",
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    [
     "2017-06",
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    [
     "2017-07",
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    [
     "2017-08",
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    [
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     "2017-10",
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     "2018-01",
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     "2018-02",
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     "2018-03",
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     "2018-05",
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    [
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     "2018-11",
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    ],
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     "2018-12",
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     "2019-01",
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     "2019-02",
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    ],
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     "2019-03",
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     "2019-04",
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     "2019-05",
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     "2022-04",
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     "2017-01",
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    [
     "2017-02",
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    [
     "2017-03",
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     "2017-04",
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     "2017-11",
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     "2017-12",
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     "2018-04",
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     "2019-03",
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     "2019-06",
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     "2019-07",
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     "2019-08",
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     "2019-09",
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     "2019-10",
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     "2019-11",
     146.9
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     "2019-12",
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     "2020-02",
     148.3
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     "2020-03",
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     "2020-04",
     148.4
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    [
     "2020-05",
     138.4
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     "2020-06",
     138.3
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     "2020-07",
     148.9
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    [
     "2020-08",
     147.1
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     "2020-09",
     147.1
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     "2020-10",
     150.4
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     "2020-11",
     150.2
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     "2020-12",
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     "2021-01",
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     "2021-02",
     154.1
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     "2021-03",
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     "2021-04",
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     "2021-05",
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     "2021-06",
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     "2021-07",
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     "2021-08",
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     "2021-09",
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     "2021-10",
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     "2021-11",
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     "2022-01",
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     "2022-02",
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     "2022-08",
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     "2022-09",
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     "2022-10",
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     "2022-11",
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     "2022-12",
     186.272
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     "2023-01",
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     "2023-02",
     184.804
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     "2023-03",
     176.984
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     "2023-04",
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     "2023-05",
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     "2023-06",
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     "2023-07",
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     "2023-08",
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