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Copper and Brass Mill Prices Break From the Implied Path, Printing 542.9 for July 2026

Copper and Brass Mill Prices printed 542.9 in July 2026, below the month-ahead projection of 588.1 published June 2026 — an 8.3% gap, outside the uncertainty band stated with it. On a $250,000 annual buy, a 52.8%…

Copper and Brass Mill Prices printed 542.9 in July 2026, below the month-ahead projection of 588.1 published June 2026 — an 8.3% gap, outside the uncertainty band stated with it. On a $250,000 annual buy, a 52.8% year-over-year move is $86,387 added to the same basket of parts. The print itself was down 2.6% on the month.

The projection was MFG Calcs' statistical continuation of the series' own published history — published in advance on the forecast page, stated with an uncertainty band, never edited afterward — so a gap this size is information: the July 2026 print carried news the trend alone did not. Anyone who penciled July 2026 at the implied level is working 8.3% from the number that actually published.

Every projection is graded when its target month prints; predictions are never revised, and the grade tracks the agency's current figure, so a later restatement of the actual restates the grade with it. Source for the print: BLS Producer Price Index.

Published 2026-08-18.