{ "name": "tollblenders.com US Blending Market Series", "title": "US Blending Market Series", "url": "https://tollblenders.com/datasets/us-blending-market-series/", "csv": "https://tollblenders.com/datasets/us-blending-market-series.csv", "markdown": "https://tollblenders.com/datasets/us-blending-market-series/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-28", "license": "https://tollblenders.com/terms", "headline": "The US Blending Market Series carries 10 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 0.20 to 76.30 percent, read 12 October 2026.", "quotes": [ "The US Blending Market Series carries 10 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 0.20 to 76.30 percent, read 12 October 2026.", "3 of the 8 named sources read in full publish a figure; 5 publish none, read 12 October 2026.", "US Blending Market Series, series PPI final demand, 12-month change to July 2026: median 4.70 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "US Blending Market Series, series PPI final demand, monthly change August 2026: median 0.40 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "US Blending Market Series, series PPI final demand, 12-month change to August 2026: median 5.40 percent across 2 sources, read 12 October 2026.", "US Blending Market Series, series industrial production, monthly change July 2026: median 0.20 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "US Blending Market Series, series industrial production, 12-month change July 2026: median 1.10 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "US Blending Market Series, series manufacturing capacity utilisation: median 76.30 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "US Blending Market Series, series PPI stage 2 intermediate demand, 12-month change to August 2026: median 9.70 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "US Blending Market Series, series PPI stage 1 intermediate demand, monthly change August 2026: median 1.40 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.", "US Blending Market Series, series PPI stage 1 intermediate demand, 12-month change to August 2026: median 11.30 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026." ], "citation": "\"tollblenders.com US Blending Market Series\", updated 2026-10-28, https://tollblenders.com/datasets/us-blending-market-series/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "%", "n": 10, "median": 5.050000000000001, "min": 0.2, "max": 76.3, "p25": 0.925, "p75": 10.1, "mean": 11.59, "units": { "%": 10 }, "published_sources": 3, "named_sources": 8, "read_sources": 8, "not_published": 5, "published_share": 0.375 }, "by_axis": { "series": { "PPI final demand, 12-month change to July 2026": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 4.7, "min": 4.7, "max": 4.7, "p25": 4.7, "p75": 4.7, "mean": 4.7 } }, "PPI final demand, monthly change August 2026": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 0.4, "min": 0.4, "max": 0.4, "p25": 0.4, "p75": 0.4, "mean": 0.4 } }, "PPI final demand, 12-month change to August 2026": { "%": { "n": 2, "median": 5.4, "min": 5.4, "max": 5.4, "p25": null, "p75": null, "mean": 5.4 } }, "industrial production, monthly change July 2026": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 0.2, "min": 0.2, "max": 0.2, "p25": 0.2, "p75": 0.2, "mean": 0.2 } }, "industrial production, 12-month change July 2026": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 1.1, "min": 1.1, "max": 1.1, "p25": 1.1, "p75": 1.1, "mean": 1.1 } }, "manufacturing capacity utilisation": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 76.3, "min": 76.3, "max": 76.3, "p25": 76.3, "p75": 76.3, "mean": 76.3 } }, "PPI stage 2 intermediate demand, 12-month change to August 2026": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 9.7, "min": 9.7, "max": 9.7, "p25": 9.7, "p75": 9.7, "mean": 9.7 } }, "PPI stage 1 intermediate demand, monthly change August 2026": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 1.4, "min": 1.4, "max": 1.4, "p25": 1.4, "p75": 1.4, "mean": 1.4 } }, "PPI stage 1 intermediate demand, 12-month change to August 2026": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 11.3, "min": 11.3, "max": 11.3, "p25": 11.3, "p75": 11.3, "mean": 11.3 } } } }, "rows": [ { "source": "BLS - Producer Price Index home", "url": "https://www.bls.gov/ppi/", "figure": "4.7 percent", "value": 4.7, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "series": "PPI final demand, 12-month change to July 2026" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-10", "quote": "The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 4.7 percent for the 12 months ended in July 2026.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "2cec43c6212254d80c52b90dc60975a1220a92cd6b2a958d211083e6bcb3d8ff" }, { "source": "BLS - Producer Price Index news release summary", "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm", "figure": "0.4 percent", "value": 0.4, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "series": "PPI final demand, monthly change August 2026" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "The Producer Price Index for final demand moved up 0.4 percent in August, seasonally adjusted,", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "9fa324ce50f8ede4f4e1f1e015441e141ec640ab064168d845a4c2331ce7fe84" }, { "source": "BLS - Producer Price Index news release summary", "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm", "figure": "5.4 percent", "value": 5.4, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "series": "PPI final demand, 12-month change to August 2026" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "demand increased 5.4 percent for the 12 months ended in August.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "9fa324ce50f8ede4f4e1f1e015441e141ec640ab064168d845a4c2331ce7fe84" }, { "source": "Federal Reserve - G.17 current release (PDF)", "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/current/g17.pdf", "figure": "0.2 percent", "value": 0.2, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "series": "industrial production, monthly change July 2026" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "Industrial production (IP) and manufacturing production each grew 0.2 percent in July after growing", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "" }, { "source": "Federal Reserve - G.17 current release (PDF)", "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/current/g17.pdf", "figure": "1.1 percent", "value": 1.1, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "series": "industrial production, 12-month change July 2026" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "its 2017 average, total IP in July was 1.1 percent above its year-earlier level.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "" }, { "source": "Federal Reserve - G.17 current release (PDF)", "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/current/g17.pdf", "figure": "76.3 percent", "value": 76.3, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "series": "manufacturing capacity utilisation" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "76.3 percent, a rate that is 3.1 percentage points below its long-run (1972–2025) average.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "" }, { "source": "BLS - Producer Price Index home", "url": "https://www.bls.gov/ppi/", "figure": "5.4 percent", "value": 5.4, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "series": "PPI final demand, 12-month change to August 2026" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-10", "quote": "The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 5.4 percent for the 12 months ended in August 2026.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "2cec43c6212254d80c52b90dc60975a1220a92cd6b2a958d211083e6bcb3d8ff" }, { "source": "BLS - Producer Price Index news release summary", "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm", "figure": "9.7 percent", "value": 9.7, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "series": "PPI stage 2 intermediate demand, 12-month change to August 2026" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "prices for stage 2 intermediate demand jumped 9.7 percent.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "9fa324ce50f8ede4f4e1f1e015441e141ec640ab064168d845a4c2331ce7fe84" }, { "source": "BLS - Producer Price Index news release summary", "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm", "figure": "1.4 percent", "value": 1.4, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "series": "PPI stage 1 intermediate demand, monthly change August 2026" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "Stage 1 intermediate demand: The index for stage 1 intermediate demand increased 1.4 percent in", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "9fa324ce50f8ede4f4e1f1e015441e141ec640ab064168d845a4c2331ce7fe84" }, { "source": "BLS - Producer Price Index news release summary", "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm", "figure": "11.3 percent", "value": 11.3, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "series": "PPI stage 1 intermediate demand, 12-month change to August 2026" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "quote": "for stage 1 intermediate demand advanced 11.3 percent.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "9fa324ce50f8ede4f4e1f1e015441e141ec640ab064168d845a4c2331ce7fe84" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "Census - about the Annual Survey of Manufactures", "url": "https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/asm/about.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Census - Annual Survey of Manufactures API data set", "url": "https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/Annual-Survey-of-Manufactures.html", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "Census - NAICS 3259 other chemical product and preparation manufacturing profile", "url": "https://data.census.gov/profile/3259_-_Other_chemical_product_and_preparation_manufacturing?codeset=naics~3259", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Federal Reserve - G.17 industrial production and capacity utilization", "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Federal Reserve - G.17 capacity notes", "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/cap_notes.htm", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/asm/about.html", "label": "Census - about the Annual Survey of Manufactures", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/Annual-Survey-of-Manufactures.html", "label": "Census - Annual Survey of Manufactures API data set", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://data.census.gov/profile/3259_-_Other_chemical_product_and_preparation_manufacturing?codeset=naics~3259", "label": "Census - NAICS 3259 other chemical product and preparation manufacturing profile", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/ppi/", "label": "BLS - Producer Price Index home", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm", "label": "BLS - Producer Price Index news release summary", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/", "label": "Federal Reserve - G.17 industrial production and capacity utilization", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/cap_notes.htm", "label": "Federal Reserve - G.17 capacity notes", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/current/g17.pdf", "label": "Federal Reserve - G.17 current release (PDF)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 8 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 5 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 10 figures, never sentences; 117 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): three official series joined on the same months - the Federal Reserve's capacity utilisation for chemicals, the BLS producer price index for the chemical industries a blend is priced from, and the Census Annual Survey of Manufactures' shipments and establishment counts for NAICS 3259 - reduced to the one figure a buyer wants and nobody publishes: whether US blending capacity is tightening or loosening while the input index moves, per quarter, with the count of establishments behind it.", "embed": "

0.20 to 76.30 percent

10 published figures, US Blending Market Series, across 3 sources, read 12 October 2026

Source: tollblenders.com US Blending Market Series
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