Initiation Handout - Reporting your Data

Reporting Your Data to the Producer Price Index
November 2013

www.bls.gov

Thank you for participating in the Producer Price Index (PPI) program. You will provide data online using the BLS Internet Data
Collection Facility (IDCF). This handout is intended to assist you in providing your data via the web. Be sure to log in and verify your
data even if the price has not changed, and please submit data within five business days of receiving price request emails from the
PPI.
Follow these steps:
1.

You will receive an email notification from [email protected] requesting price updates. Follow the link to our website in the
email. Log in to the site by entering either your account number or email address in the User ID field, and the password you
previously created in the Password field.

2.

Verify your contact information, select “Producer Price Index” from the dropdown menu, and click

On the following screen, click

3.

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next to any item to begin providing your data.

Review the item information. Make any changes directly in the text box or by selecting from an appropriate dropdown menu.
This includes the following:
Item Description

Producer Price Index • [email protected] • www.bls.gov/ppi • (202) 691-7705

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Adjustments to Price

4.

Review the item’s price. Enter the price for the current period and, if necessary, update any prices from prior periods in the text
boxes. The arrows indicate where prices should be entered. If there is no change in price in the current period, click the
button.

5.

The “Reporter Remarks” text box should be used to note any significant price or item changes within a given period.

6.

Click

to continue providing updates for your items.

Producer Price Index • [email protected] • www.bls.gov/ppi • (202) 691-7705

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A list of your items will appear on the right-hand side of the screen. Checkmarks indicate the items you have completed. The
arrow indicates which item is currently displayed.

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8.

A screen with the following message will appear once you have submitted updates for all your items.

9.

For a list of common help topics, click on
at the top of any screen. For assistance from a PPI representative, click the
link at the bottom of any screen.

Contacts:
If you have any questions, contact the PPI analyst, whose phone number is at the top of each screen. A full list of Producer Price
Index contacts can be found at www.bls.gov/ppi/ppicon.htm. For more information on Bureau of Labor Statistics products, go to
www.bls.gov.

Producer Price Index • [email protected] • www.bls.gov/ppi • (202) 691-7705