Name: PFX pallet price data: index history, sub-indexes, regions and forecast
Creator: Pallet Forecast
License: https://palletforecast.com/terms#using-our-content

Data · release Sep 2026 (final) · forecast through Sep 2026

The headline index is free to download and cite. Every sub-index, the full history, the forecast distribution and the driver data are in PFX Pro.

PFX headline, last 24 monthsFree
The PFX National Pallet Index: monthly composite price (USD per pallet) and index points for the last 24 months, with each month marked assessed or backcast.
pfx-headline-2026-09.csv · 24 rows
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PFX full historyPro
The PFX composite every month since 2007: price, index points and kind (backcast from the BLS wood pallet PPI before the first assessment, assessed after).
pfx-history-2026-09.csv · 237 rows
PFX Pro
PFX sub-indexes (every spec)Pro
Every PFX spec in the current release: delivered Grade A, Grade B, AAA and block, and the Yard (supplier) indexes, with price, range, tier, sample counts, concentration, window and method.
pfx-specs-2026-09.csv · 6 rows
PFX Pro
PFX regional indexesPro
Delivered Grade A and Grade B by region. Regions below the publication minimum are listed as building coverage, with no price.
pfx-regions-2026-09.csv · 10 rows
PFX Pro
Forecast quantiles (12 months)Pro
The 12-month forecast of the BLS wood pallet PPI: the p05 to p95 quantiles, the ensemble point forecast and its percent change from the latest actual, per month.
forecast-quantiles-2026-09.csv · 12 rows
PFX Pro
Forecast models and scorecardPro
Each forecast model's path (z, log change from the latest actual) per horizon, its weight in the ensemble, and its out-of-sample scorecard: MAE, RMSE, Theil's U and direction hit rate.
forecast-models-2026-09.csv · 72 rows
PFX Pro
BLS driver series (monthly)Pro
Every BLS series behind the index and the forecast, monthly and wide: pallet PPI, lumber, sawmills, diesel, truckload freight, demand jobs, wages, final demand and corrugated. Columns are BLS series IDs.
drivers-2026-09.csv · 357 rows
PFX Pro

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  https://palletforecast.com/api/data/pfx-specs.csv

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Citing PFX: “PFX National Pallet Index, Pallet Forecast, Sep 2026.” BLS series are public domain. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.

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