Business price indexes (BPI) includes the producers price index (PPI), capital goods price index (CGPI), and farm expenses price index (FEPI).
Key facts
In the March 2025 quarter compared with the December 2024 quarter:
- the output producers price index (PPI) rose 2.1 percent
- the input PPI rose 2.9 percent
- the farm expenses price index (FEPI) rose 0.4 percent
- the capital goods price index (CGPI) rose 0.5 percent.
In the March 2025 quarter, prices received by producers of goods and services (outputs) rose 2.1 percent compared with the December 2024 quarter. Prices paid by producers of goods and services (inputs) rose 2.9 percent over the same period.
Key quarterly results
The largest output industry contributions were from:
- electricity, gas, water and waste services, up 26.2 percent
- manufacturing, up 2.3 percent
- rental, hiring and real estate services, up 1.4 percent.
The largest input industry contributions were from:
- electricity, gas, water and waste services, up 49.4 percent
- manufacturing, up 1.7 percent
- construction, up 0.6 percent.
BPI data quality updates
In the March 2025 quarter, the overall response rate was 84.4 percent (target response rate of 96 percent). The response rate for key firms was 98.7 percent (target response rate of 100 percent).
The lower response rate has required higher levels of imputation where we carried forward previous prices for the relevant respondent that did not respond (that is, price change was zero).
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Subject category: Economic indicators
Group: Producers price index - PPI
Group: Capital goods price index - CEP
Subject category: Industry sectors
Group: Farm inputs - FPI
Definitions and metadata
Business price indexes - DataInfo+ gives the methodology used to produce business price indexes, including for the latest quarter.
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Next release
Business price indexes: June 2025 quarter will be released on 19 August 2025.
