The author claimed the famous pilot survived a Pacific Ocean plane crash and was taken prisoner by the Japanese. At the end of World War II, U.S. forces purportedly found her in Japan and secretly repatriated her to New Jersey. There, Earhart took the name Irene Bolam and became a banker.
What is the Producer Price Index (PPI)? The Producer Price Index represents a family of indices that measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services.
Importance: ***. Definition: The producer price index (PPI) is the first indicator of inflation each month. It is a measure of wholesale prices at the producer level for consumer goods and capital equipment. Unlike the CPI, it does not include services. It compares prices for approximately 3,450 commodities to a base period.