Building material prices, excluding energy, rose at their highest yearly rate in three years, up 3.7% from a year ago, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Residential building material prices continued to experience elevated growth, according to the latest Producer Price Index release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Price growth ...

Soaring energy prices caused a spike in the overall April PPI reading to 6% compared to last year. Including energy, the ...

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In the dusty, extra-wide lumber aisle of Home Depot, a contractor taps the neatly piled boards as he walks, sizing up the wood that will soon become the backbone of his next project. He’s on contract ...