Falling Lumber, Concrete Prices Offset Steel Increases in ...
Steel mill products prices climbed 5.0% in September following a 5.1% increase in August. July 2020 was the last month prices declined—they are up 134.1% in the 14 months since. The monthly change in the steel mill products PPI increased by more than 10% only three times (in 1947, 1948, and 2008) over the 80-year period ending in 2020.