US: The producer price index (PPI) of gypsum building materials ended September 2022 at a new all-time high of 351, up by 20% year-on-year from 292 in September 2021. The figure doubled decade-on-decade from 177 in September 2012. In the shorter term, it rose by 12% from 315 over the six-month period from March 2022, and by 3.8% from 338 over the three-month period from June 2022.