outputPrice = Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: New Vehicles in U.S. City Average
inputPrice = Producer Price Index by Industry: New Car Dealers: New Vehicle Sales
outputPrice = Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 10-Year Constant Maturity
inputPrice = Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 3-Month Constant Maturity
outputPrice = Producer Price Index by Commodity: Machinery and Equipment: Miscellaneous Instruments
inputPrice = Producer Price Index by Commodity: Metals and Metal Products: Nonferrous Metals
The current profit margin is not looking so great for my client Grappone Auto Group, the input value is sitting at 38.6, compared to the 10.1 output, this means that Grappone is paying more for cars then they are making for selling the cars. This also has to do with inflation and the price and cost of goods up, which parts are also harder to come by which could explain more on why the cost is high. At the highest input for cars that Grappone had recorded was 182.7 which is a skyrocket compared to the current, this took place in February of 2022. The highest output Grappone recorded was 13.2 which is nothing compared to peak input. The chart also shows that up until the Covid pandemic, the input/output were fairly similar, currently the input is going on the downward trend but the output has been relatively the same for multiple years without much movement.