U.S. Transportation Producer Price Index: Equipment Up 2.6% Year Over Year, Trucking Up 24.6%
WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported on November 13 that the transportation equipment Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 2.6% from October 2025 to October 2026. The PPI, produced and published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, measures inflation from the perspective of the producers (sellers) of products.
Over the same 12-month period, the change in the PPI for transportation services varied by mode: air rose 6.3%, rail 1.3%, truck 24.6%, water 21.4%, and arrangement of freight and cargo 4.7%.
In comparison, all services (transportation and non-transportation) rose 6.8% over the same timeframe, and transportation contributed 16.3% to the overall increase in the PPI for all services, BTS said.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
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