Producer Price Index (Final Demand) — methodology

What this metric measures

The ABS Producer Price Index for final demand: the prices domestic producers receive for their outputs. A leading indicator of consumer inflation.

Why it matters: Producer prices feed into consumer prices: when they rise faster than usual, retailers face pressure to pass costs on.

Source & provenance

Publisher

ABS Producer Price Indexes (Cat. 6427.0) - final demand, index numbers, Australia

Update frequency

quarterly

Licence

CC BY 4.0

How the score is computed

The score is a 0–100 normalisation of the latest observation, compared to a baseline window. The traffic-light rating (RAG) reflects both the absolute level and the recent trend.

Direction

Lower is better

Trend window

24 months

Baseline

Last 10 years

{
  "red_min_pct_of_baseline": 110,
  "amber_max_pct_of_baseline": 110,
  "green_max_pct_of_baseline": 95
}