Prices
By Staff -- Purchasing, 3/13/2008
| UP | DOWN | SAME | INDEX | |
| Steel | 67% | 3% | 30% | 81.6 |
| Energy | 63% | 3% | 34% | 79.8 |
| Fabricated metals | 62% | 4% | 34% | 79.3 |
| Transportation | 61% | 8% | 31% | 76.5 |
| Plastic resins | 59% | 7% | 34% | 75.9 |
| Aluminum | 56% | 5% | 39% | 75.4 |
| Paper | 55% | 5% | 40% | 74.6 |
| Organic chemicals | 52% | 4% | 44% | 73.7 |
| Inorganic chemicals | 50% | 2% | 48% | 73.6 |
| Molded plastics | 51% | 5% | 44% | 73.4 |
| Copper & brass | 54% | 9% | 37% | 72.8 |
| Corrugated | 52% | 7% | 41% | 72.7 |
| Industrial machinery | 48% | 5% | 47% | 71.2 |
| Tooling | 44% | 8% | 48% | 68.0 |
| Passive electronics | 34% | 12% | 54% | 61.5 |
| Semiconductors | 32% | 14% | 54% | 58.8 |
| Computers | 22% | 30% | 48% | 46.5 |
| Source: www.purchasingdata.com Index registers movement; 50 = no change, above 50 = growth, below 50 = contraction. |
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WHAT'S AHEAD: A continually weakening industrial environment apparently won't slow commodity cost increases. Extremely few buyers say prices will drop in the coming quarter.
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