About

Flooring Price Index puts two things side by side: the official producer price index lines for four flooring categories, and a dated record of manufacturer price announcements. The subject is what manufacturers charge and how that moves, not what retailers charge.

Who publishes this

This site is published by a company that sells flooring, which is the category it prices. The publisher is not named here. The index figures are the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’; announcement rows are read from published sources and dated. The site links to no store, carries no offer and quotes no price at which anything is sold. Privacy says what the site collects when you visit.

How to read it

Every figure travels with its source and the date it was read. The index names no manufacturer, so it is not any one manufacturer’s price. The announcement record is a selection of what could be sourced, not a complete count. Method says what is and is not computed and what the record does not cover.

Using the figures

The index figures are the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’. Name the agency as the source of a series and, for the dated record, this site at https://flooringpriceindex.com. This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the agency.