US producers’ steel, scrap prices take fall in October

Nov 18, 2008 | 05:50 AM | Corinna Petry

The Producer Price Index (PPI) for finished goods fell 2.8 percent in October, seasonally adjusted, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), following declines of 0.4 percent in September and 0.9 percent in August.....





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