December 2025 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
U.S. import prices increased 0.1 percent in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Prices for U.S. exports advanced 0.3 percent in December. Over the past year, import prices were unchanged and export prices…
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics2 min read
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U.S. import prices increased 0.1 percent in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Prices for U.S. exports advanced 0.3 percent in December. Over the past year, import prices were unchanged and export prices increased 3.1 percent.
Due to the compressed release schedule following the 2025 lapse in appropriations, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will update the Import and Export Price Indexes (MXP) website and database with December 2025 data but will forgo a detailed news release. The MXP database can be found at www.bls.gov/mxp/data/. Associated charts and supplemental tables for December 2025 can be found at www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.toc.htm.
Impacts of Federal Government Shutdowns on U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
As a result of the lapse in appropriations from October 1, 2025, through November 12, 2025, some U.S. Import and Export Price Index (MXP) values for October 2025 are permanently suppressed for publication. For additional information see www.bls.gov/mxp/notices/2026/availability-of-oct-2025-mxpi-in-bls-database.htm.
The effects of the 2025 government shutdown will continue to delay publication of MXP data releases. Revised MXP release dates will be posted at www.bls.gov/bls/2025-lapse-revised-release-dates.htm as they become available.
The lapse in appropriations from January 31, 2026, through February 3, 2026, did not affect data collection for price indexes.
U.S. Import and Export Price Index data for January 2026 are scheduled for release on Thursday, March 5, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).
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The mortgage market around this release
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Distinguish trade prices from trade volumes
Import and export price indexes track prices of goods and selected services traded between the United States and other countries. They do not measure how much is traded or the trade balance. Read imports separately from exports and compare fuel with nonfuel import prices where available; also distinguish a monthly movement from a twelve-month change. These measures describe one part of the pricing environment, rather than the household consumer basket. The rate observations below do not establish how much of a later change came from this release. BLS Import and Export Price Indexes overview.
Nearest published observation on or before each target date
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What that benchmark difference would mean for a $300,000 loan
At the publication reference$1,819.92/month
6.11% · Feb 5, 2026
At the later reference$1,819.92/month
6.11% · Mar 12, 2026
The illustrative principal-and-interest payment is unchanged. This holds the loan amount and term constant to show the arithmetic effect of the benchmark difference.
Assumptions: two separate hypothetical $300,000 loans, each fully amortizing over 30 years with 360 monthly payments and its stated fixed interest rate. Excludes points, lender fees, taxes, insurance, association charges and other costs. PMMS is a national average, not an APR or a personalized rate offer. These are not two payments on one existing loan.
Sources, historical coverage and calculation limits
Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey®: available observations from Apr 2, 1971 through Nov 5, 2026. Cached history snapshot. History retrieved or verified Nov 11, 2026.
U.S. Department of the Treasury: available observations from Jan 4, 2016 through Nov 10, 2026. Cached history snapshot. History retrieved or verified Nov 11, 2026.
The 30-day comparisons use calendar days. Each cell selects the last published observation on or before its target; no rates are synthesized for missing dates. Gaps greater than seven days for daily Treasury data or fourteen days for weekly mortgage data are marked unavailable. Forward comparisons require the date to have arrived and source coverage to extend through it.
Historical files may contain revisions and do not reconstruct precisely what every market participant knew at the time. Freddie Mac changed its PMMS collection methodology in November 2022. Cross-period comparisons should account for that change. These windows include other news and cannot establish causation or forecast the next rate move.