The GSCPI is updated at or shortly after 10:00 a.m. on the fourth business day of each month.
The GSCPI integrates a number of commonly used metrics with the aim of providing a comprehensive summary of potential supply chain disruptions. Global transportation costs are measured by employing data from the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) and the Harpex index, as well as airfreight cost indices from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The GSCPI also uses several supply chain-related components from Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) surveys, focusing on manufacturing firms across seven interconnected economies: China, the euro area, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Global Supply Chain Pressure Index: December 2024
The Global Supply Chain Pressure Index increased to -0.22 in December, up from -0.27 in November (which was revised up from -0.32). Broadly, supply conditions have been tightening since May 2023, but they are still slightly looser than average and well below the tight conditions of 2021 and 2022.
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