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Producer Price Index (PPI) (2018Q4 = 100)

PPI. Index, monthly.

Data source: Department of Census and Statistics, Movements of PPI

Macro Lab · LK.CPI.PPI_M.2018Q4.ALL_ITEMS.M · CC BY 4.0

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About this series

  • Source Department of Census and Statistics, compiled by Macro Lab
  • Unit Index
  • Base year 2015
  • Date range Jan 2014 – Aug 2026
  • Last checked 30 Sep 2026

Checks: 2 recorded for this series, listed below.

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Details

Name in the warehouse
PPI: Producer Price Index (PPI) (2018Q4 = 100)
Base year
2015
Read from
DCS Producer Price Index movements (Department of Census and Statistics)
Source page
https://www.statistics.gov.lk/InflationAndPrices/PPI
Notes
DCS monthly Producer Price Index by ISIC activity. Periods are column position from the January 2014 start column, not the workbook's own (partly mis-dated) header cells - see module docstring.

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Vintages

One vintage so far, published 30 Sep 2026. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.

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Source discrepancies

What the warehouse found when it checked this series: the same figure from two agencies, splice overlaps, published rates against ones recalculated from the index, and outliers.

  • Disagrees with itselfApr 2024

    This series reads 240.9; the same figure from the other source reads 238.2. Compared with LK.CPI.PPI_M.2018Q4.ALL_ITEMS.M@CBSL.

    Two agencies: 240.928 and 238.2, difference 2.728.

    DCS release vs CBSL Data Library

    CBSL Data Library's monthly all-items PPI (238.2) vs DCS's own monthly PPI release (240.93) for 2024-04 only - a single-month gap of about 1.1% between two publications of the same index; every other shared month agrees. Most likely the Data Library copy had not yet picked up a DCS revision for that month.

  • Disagrees with itselfApr 2024

    This series reads 240.9; the same figure from the other source reads 238.2. Compared with LK.CPI.PPI_M.2018Q4.ALL_ITEMS.M@CBSL.

    Two agencies: 240.928 and 238.2, difference 2.728.

    CBSL Data Library monthly PPI vs DCS monthly PPI, both all-items ()

    CBSL Data Library's monthly all-items PPI (238.2) vs DCS's own monthly PPI release (240.93) for 2024-04 only - a single-month gap of about 1.1% between two publications of the same index; every other shared month agrees. Most likely the Data Library copy had not yet picked up a DCS revision for that month.