Machinery and Equipment Prices Rise a Fifteenth Month to 201.9

Machinery and Equipment Prices rose for a fifteenth straight month in August 2026, reaching 201.9, up 7.8% on the year. Illustrative only: if an unchanged machinery and equipment basket costs $250,000 now and tracks this index exactly, a 7.8% year-over-year move implies $18,089 more than a year ago. This is not a measured purchasing bill.

consecutive increases: 15 months. from 185.2 after May 2025 to 201.9

The run began after May 2025, when the series stood at 185.2 — a climb of 9.0% over the streak.

Illustrative only: if an unchanged machinery and equipment basket costs $250,000 now and tracks this index exactly, a 7.8% year-over-year move implies $18,089 more than a year ago. This is not a measured purchasing bill.

A run this long changes how the next print reads: a decline would end a 15-month pattern and would be news in its own right, while a 16th consecutive increase would extend one of the longer streaks in this archive. Source: BLS Producer Price Index.