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SiteCheck Trade & Energy – US Steel Mill Producer Price Index (BLS WPU1017 via FRED)
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SiteCheck Trade & Energy – US Steel Mill Producer Price Index (BLS WPU1017 via FRED) is a paid API for AI agents from api.tradeenergy-api.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).
Returns the US Bureau of Labor Statistics producer price index for steel mill products (BLS series WPU1017, sourced via FRED), as monthly index values with configurable history depth.
Price / call$0.002
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How this service works
US producer price index for steel mill products (BLS series WPU1017, via FRED), monthly index value. This is a price index, not hot-rolled coil or rebar futures or spot benchmarks; the route name is kept for the owner.
Output
A JSON object containing the BLS series identifier (WPU1017), the latest monthly index value with its date, an array of historical monthly index values (up to 24 months), the FRED source URL, and a checkedAt ISO timestamp indicating when the data was retrieved.
Example use cases
Steel cost trend analysis for procurement
“Show me the BLS producer price index for steel mill products over the past 12 months — I need to see how the WPU1017 index has been moving to plan our raw material procurement budget.”
Inflation dashboard for steel-heavy industries
“Fetch the last 24 months of the US steel mill PPI index from BLS so I can add it to our manufacturing cost inflation dashboard.”
Monthly steel price check for report
“What's the latest monthly producer price index value for US steel mill products? I just need the most recent WPU1017 reading from FRED for my monthly commodity report.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://api.tradeenergy-api.workers.dev/api/energy/steel-rebar-hrc-futures?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need the official US government producer price index for steel mill products as a monthly index series (BLS WPU1017 via FRED) — ideal for cost tracking, inflation analysis, procurement benchmarking, or regulatory/compliance reporting. Prefer this over futures or spot price APIs when you need backward-looking, officially published government price statistics rather than real-time market prices or derivatives.
Side effects
- FRED/BLS data unavailable or delayed — may return stale or empty history
- Invalid 'months' parameter (outside 1–24 range) may cause an error or default fallback
- Network timeout to upstream FRED CSV endpoint
- Payment of 0.002 USDC not fulfilled — 402 response returned before data is delivered
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"unit": "index",
"latest": {
"date": "2026-09-01",
"value": 388.58
},
"series": "WPU1017",
"source": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.csv?id=WPU1017",
"history": [
{
"date": "2026-09-01",
"value": 388.58
},
{
"date": "2026-08-01",
"value": 380.348
}
],
"checkedAt": "2026-10-23T09:38:22.744Z"
}
}Tags
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