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improvement to better meet our
customer’s needs. BLS last conducted a
survey of PPI data users in late 1976
through early 1977. Since that time,
numerous new time series data have
been introduced with the goal of
fulfilling the needs of data users. This
survey will help us determine if we are
meeting those goals, highlight areas for
improvement to existing data series, and
identify areas for future expansion.
DATES: The Producer Price Index (PPI)
user survey will be accessible until
April 30, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Joseph
Kelley, Producer Price Index, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, Room 3840, 2
Massachusetts Avenue NE.,
Washington, DC 20212 or by email to:
kelley.joseph@bls.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph Kelley, Producer Price Index,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, telephone
number 202–691–7722 (this is not a tollfree number), or by email to:
kelley.joseph@bls.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
survey can be accessed at the following
link: https://www.research.net/s/
PPIUserSurveyFederalRegister or by
going to the PPI homepage https://
www.bls.gov/ppi/ and using the link
under ‘Announcements’.
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I. Background
The Producer Price Index (PPI), one of
the Nation’s leading economic
indicators, is used as a measure of price
movements, as an indicator of
inflationary trends, for inventory
valuation, and as a measure of
purchasing power of the dollar at the
primary-market level. It also is used for
market and economic research and as a
basis for escalation in long-term
contracts and purchase agreements.
Producer Price Index data provide a
description of the magnitude and
composition of price change within the
economy, and serve a wide range of
governmental needs. This family of
indexes are closely followed, monthly
statistics that are viewed as sensitive
indicators of the economic environment.
Price data are vital in helping both the
President and Congress set fiscalspending targets. Producer prices are
monitored by the Federal Reserve Board
Open Market Committee to help decide
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monetary policy. Federal policy-makers
at the Department of Treasury and the
Council of Economic Advisors utilize
these statistics to help form and
evaluate monetary and fiscal measures
and to help interpret the general
business environment. In addition, it is
common to find one or more PPIs, alone
or in combination with other measures,
used to escalate the delivered price of
goods for government purchases.
In addition to governmental uses, PPI
data are regularly put to use by the
private sector. Private industry uses PPI
data for contract escalation. For one
particular method of tax-related Last-InFirst-Out (LIFO) inventory accounting,
the Internal Revenue Service suggests
that firms use PPI data for making
calculations. Private businesses make
extensive use of industrial-price data for
planning and operations. Price trends
are used to assess the condition of
markets. Firms commonly compare the
prices they pay for material inputs as
well as prices they receive for products
that they make and sell with changes in
similar PPIs.
Economic researchers and forecasters
also put the PPI to regular use. PPIs are
widely used to probe and measure the
interaction of market forces. Some
examples of research topics that require
extensive price data include: The
identification of varying price
elasticities and the degree of cost passthrough in the economy, the
identification of potential lead and lag
structures among price changes, and the
identification of prices which exert
major impacts throughout market
structures.
members of performance review boards
be published in the Federal Register.
Therefore, in compliance with this
requirement, notice is hereby given that
the individuals whose names and
position titles appear below have been
appointed to serve as members of
performance review boards in the
National Labor Relations Board for the
rating year beginning October 1, 2011
and ending September 30, 2012.
Name and Title
William B. Cowen—Solicitor.
Kathleen A. Nixon—Deputy Chief
Counsel to the Chairman.
Gary W. Shinners—Deputy Executive
Secretary.
Robert Schiff—Executive Assistant to
the Chairman.
Barry J. Kearney—Associate General
Counsel, Division of Advice.
Anne G. Purcell—Associate General
Counsel, Division of Operations
Management.
Linda Dreeben—Deputy Associate
General Counsel, Division of
Enforcement Litigation.
John H. Ferguson—Associate General
Counsel, Division of Enforcement
Litigation.
Washington, DC By Direction of the Board.
Dated: December 20, 2012.
Lester A. Heltzer,
Executive Secretary.
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Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of
December 2012.
Eric P. Molina,
Acting Chief, Division of Management
Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Appointments of Individuals To Serve as Members of Performance
Review Boards
5 U.S.C. 4314 (c) (4) requires that the appointments of individuals
to serve as members of performance review boards be published in the
Federal Register. Therefore, in compliance with this requirement,
notice is hereby given that the individuals whose names and position
titles appear below have been appointed to serve as members of
performance review boards in the National Labor Relations Board for the
rating year beginning October 1, 2011 and ending September 30, 2012.
Name and Title
William B. Cowen--Solicitor.
Kathleen A. Nixon--Deputy Chief Counsel to the Chairman.
Gary W. Shinners--Deputy Executive Secretary.
Robert Schiff--Executive Assistant to the Chairman.
Barry J. Kearney--Associate General Counsel, Division of Advice.
Anne G. Purcell--Associate General Counsel, Division of Operations
Management.
Linda Dreeben--Deputy Associate General Counsel, Division of
Enforcement Litigation.
John H. Ferguson--Associate General Counsel, Division of Enforcement
Litigation.
Washington, DC By Direction of the Board.
Dated: December 20, 2012.
Lester A. Heltzer,
Executive Secretary.
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