Metals & materials

Benchmark domestic mill price gauge for iron and steel, the single biggest cost input for steelmakers and steel-intensive manufacturers and a direct read on their selling-price realization.

Tracks domestic producer prices for aluminum, copper and other nonferrous metals, signaling input costs and pricing power for nonferrous miners, smelters and downstream fabricators.

Isolates primary aluminum producer prices, a clean margin and cost signal for aluminum smelters and aluminum-intensive packaging and transport buyers.

IMF global aluminum price (USD/metric ton) sets world-reference revenue for aluminum producers and input cost for transport, packaging and building-products firms.

IMF global iron ore price (USD/dry metric ton) is the primary revenue lever for iron ore miners and a leading input cost for integrated steelmakers.

IMF global nickel price (USD/metric ton) drives revenue for nickel miners and is a critical input cost for stainless steel and EV battery cathode makers.

IMF global zinc price (USD/metric ton) is a key revenue input for base-metal miners and a cost signal for galvanized-steel and die-cast producers.

IMF global lead price (USD/metric ton) signals revenue for polymetallic miners and input costs for lead-acid battery manufacturers.

IMF global tin price (USD/metric ton) reflects solder and electronics demand and is a niche revenue/cost signal for tin producers and electronics assemblers.

IMF base-metals composite index aggregates industrial metal prices into one trend line, useful for sector-wide metals-cycle timing and miner revenue forecasting.

Tracks producer prices for bulk industrial chemicals, a direct read on revenue realization for commodity chemical makers and input costs for downstream manufacturers.

Plastic resins and materials PPI is a core selling-price and margin gauge for petrochemical/resin producers and a key input cost for packaging and consumer-goods firms.

Producer-price trend for drugs and pharmaceuticals, informing pricing power and input-cost dynamics across pharma and specialty chemical supply chains.

Paints and coatings PPI signals pricing power for coatings makers and is sensitive to titanium-dioxide and resin input costs.

Nitrogen fertilizer producer prices are the dominant revenue and margin driver for nitrogen fertilizer makers and a key cost for farmers, closely tied to natural-gas feedstock.

Broad basic industrial-chemicals PPI captures the upstream chemical-price cycle that flows through to the entire chemicals and plastics value chain.

Lumber PPI is the primary price signal for sawmills and a leading housing-input cost, directly tied to homebuilder margins and renovation demand.

Nonmetallic mineral products PPI covers cement, concrete, glass and aggregates, the core cost basket for construction-materials suppliers and infrastructure projects.

Narrow steel-mill-products PPI is the cleanest available proxy for finished-steel transaction prices, central to steelmaker margin and contract-pricing analysis.