MFG Calcs Signals
How Much Do Input Costs Reach Prices?
The MFG Calcs Cost Pass-Through Index: how much of an upstream raw-materials cost move shows up in downstream fabricated-goods prices, and with what lag.
What this Signal shows
- See how much of a raw-materials cost move reaches fabricated-goods prices, and with what lag, from producer price indexes.
Cadence, source and downloads
- Cadence: Refreshed automatically whenever the producer price data updates.
- A statistical relationship over BLS producer price indexes, not a causal claim or firm-level margins. Full index at /signals/cost-pass-through.
- Free to download as Lag structure (CSV), Full index (JSON), Methodology (JSON) under CC BY 4.0.
Last reviewed 2026-10-01.