Allied and Miscellaneous Paint Products, up about 0.3% from a year ago. The source measures allied and miscellaneous paint products. It is not an aggregate index for all paints and coatings, and it cannot be substituted automatically for the coating used on a production line.
The BLS Allied and Miscellaneous Paint Products Producer Price Index (WPU0623) reads 422.95 index (1982=100) for Aug 2026, up about 0.3% from a year ago. The reference period identifies the observation; a later website refresh does not turn it into a daily price. This is a producer price index, not a delivered quote in dollars per unit.
The source measures allied and miscellaneous paint products. It is not an aggregate index for all paints and coatings, and it cannot be substituted automatically for the coating used on a production line.
The available history includes a low of 124.70 in Jan 1990 and a high of 432.00 in Sep 2022. These are extrema of the available archive, not necessarily the source's all-time record. A current-vintage chart can change when the agency revises an earlier observation.
Compare the same months when calculating year-over-year change and retain the source identifier throughout the history. A series with a different product definition needs its own history. A chart alone cannot assign a movement to a particular cost driver; a causal explanation requires additional evidence.
The source is BLS series WPU0623, also published by FRED at https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WPU0623. The linked data page provides the current observation and available history. A successful refresh changes readings only when the source returns changed data. Missing or failed observations must retain their original periods and be reported as unavailable or delayed.
Published 2026-07-13.