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Prices Barely Move In October

November 20, 2006 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 84, Issue 47

U .S chemical prices were little changed in October, according to Labor Department statistics. The producer price index for chemicals inched up to 208.1 (1982 = 100) from 208.0 in the previous month. And the October index rose just 2.9% from the comparable month in 2005. Meanwhile, the index for industrial chemicals fell 0.4% from September, but it was still up 3.1% from October of last year.

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