Machinery and Equipment Prices Land at 202.4 for September 2026, Where the Trend Pointed

Machinery and Equipment Prices printed 202.4 in September 2026, below the month-ahead projection of 203.2 published August 2026 — a 0.4% gap, inside the uncertainty band stated with it. Illustrative only: if an unchanged machinery and equipment basket costs $250,000 now and tracks this index exactly, a 7.5% year-over-year move implies $17,442 more than a year ago. This is not a measured purchasing bill. The print itself was up 0.2% on the month.

• Implied path: 203.2 (published August 2026)
• Printed: 202.4 (September 2026)

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 — and the print landed inside it. The level carries no surprise beyond confirming the trend, which is itself usable: a budget or escalator penciled on the implied path held for the month.

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.