raw materials
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Prices for raw materials, which track costs paid by manufacturers, were down 2.2% in July but 18.1% above the same month last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Our analysis shows that the cost of raw materials like timber, steel, plasterboard, concrete and insulation rose in line with general inflation from the 1990s until the Covid-19 pandemic, when they became harder to source.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
For “Drag Race” production designer Jen Chu, the ability to acquire raw materials in a short period of time is game-changing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Perhaps more positively, the cost of partly finished goods and raw materials declined again.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Notwithstanding the popular image of ‘man the hunter’, gathering was Sapiens’ main activity, and it provided most of their calories, as well as raw materials such as flint, wood and bamboo.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
