Producer price index data on the internet.
In 1995, the BLS See Bureau of Labor Statistics. began posting PPI series, news releases, and
technical information to both a World Wide Web (WWW) site and a file
transfer protocol A communications protocol used to transmit files without loss of data. A file transfer protocol can handle all types of files including binary files and ASCII text files. See Kermit, Zmodem and FTP. (FTP) site. During the years following the
introduction of PPI Internet services, use of these sites eclipsed more
traditional methods of data dissemination, such as subscriptions to the
PPI Detailed Report. There were more than 2.1 million instances of PPI
series being downloaded from the Internet during the 12 months ended
December 31, 2007.
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