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.
What it means: Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Producer Price Index measures the change in prices received by the original producer at the wholesale level. How it's used: The Producer Price Index (PPI) measures inflation at the wholesale level, which is an indicator of price pressures faced by businesses and often indicates the price pressures that may soon be faced by consumers. Back to key economic statistics page