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Every series Fern reads, one register.

The floor the site stands on: each ingested series with its full history, source, latest reading, and change. Click through for the complete record and provenance. Final-cost series lead; they are what buyers actually pay.

Final cost, selling price

SeriesTrailing 2 yrLatest30 d1 yrCadence
PPI Final Demand: Construction for Private Capital Investment
187.34↑ 0.1%↑ 3.4%monthly
PPI Final Demand: Construction for Government
177.72↑ 0.2%↑ 3.7%monthly
PPI Industry: New Office Building Construction
219.14↑ 0.1%↑ 3.9%monthly
PPI Industry: New Warehouse Building Construction
239.45↑ 0.1%↑ 2.5%monthly
PPI Industry: New School Building Construction
237.48↑ 0.1%↑ 3.6%monthly
PPI Industry: New Industrial Building Construction
200.86↑ 0.2%↑ 4.1%monthly

Inputs

SeriesTrailing 2 yrLatest30 d1 yrCadence
PPI: Steel Mill Products
348.53↑ 2.1%↑ 6.7%monthly
PPI: Aluminum Mill Shapes
452.41↑ 14.3%↑ 33.5%monthly
PPI: Copper and Brass Mill Shapes
942.35↑ 7.1%↑ 42.5%monthly
PPI: Softwood Lumber
284.43↑ 0.6%↑ 4.8%monthly
PPI: Plastic Construction Products
352.05↑ 2.5%↑ 3.3%monthly
PPI: Cement
357.78↓ 0.0%↓ 0.6%monthly
PPI: Asphalt Paving Mixtures and Blocks
431.08↑ 4.7%↑ 7.0%monthly
PPI: Construction Machinery and Equipment
324.5↑ 0.2%↑ 3.5%monthly
PPI: Gypsum Products
480.37→ 0.0%↓ 0.7%monthly
PPI: Flat Glass
199.63↑ 0.0%↑ 8.1%monthly

Energy

SeriesTrailing 2 yrLatest30 d1 yrCadence
PPI: No. 2 Diesel Fuel
593.72↑ 19.9%↑ 105.9%monthly
WTI Crude Oil Spot
71.87↓ 21.2%↑ 7.8%daily
Brent Crude Oil Spot
71.59↓ 22.9%↑ 3.2%daily
Henry Hub Natural Gas Spot
3.33↓ 0.3%↑ 3.1%daily
US No. 2 Diesel Retail Price
4.67↓ 15.5%↑ 23.7%weekly

Activity

SeriesTrailing 2 yrLatest30 d1 yrCadence
Total Construction Spending
2,210,214↑ 0.1%↓ 1.5%monthly
Housing Starts
1,177↓ 15.4%↓ 8.7%monthly
Building Permits
1,410↓ 0.9%↓ 0.4%monthly

Labor

SeriesTrailing 2 yrLatest30 d1 yrCadence
All Employees: Construction
8,331↑ 0.1%↑ 0.8%monthly
Average Hourly Earnings: Construction
41.36↑ 0.4%↑ 4.3%monthly

Financing

SeriesTrailing 2 yrLatest30 d1 yrCadence
10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity
4.48↑ 0.2%↑ 5.2%daily

All series ingest through the Fern data pipeline (stdlib Python, no dependencies) to static JSON, so every chart on the site is reproducible from the sources named on each series page. The pipeline and its registry are described on the methodology page.