Weekly PSCI™ + what moved the pallet market this week.
PSCI is at 111.84 this week, the highest reading in the last 4 weeks (range: 110.67 to 111.84). Diesel by PADD shows the largest deviation from January 2024 base at +46.3%. Wood Pallet PPI is the only component below its baseline at -0.6%.
12 months of MoM percentage changes plus a +30D forecast column for each PSCI input. Past data colored by magnitude (legend above the matrix). Forecast column rendered in gold. Click a component name to swap the headline fan graph above into that component's trajectory; click an "i" indicator for context on a material move.
| Series | Weight | Latest | MoM | Next release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood Pallet PPI (BLS) | 40% | 298.7 | +1.1% | -- |
| Softwood Lumber PPI (BLS) | 20% | 285.4 | -0.9% | -- |
| Diesel by PADD (EIA) | 20% | $3.82/gal | +0.3% | -- |
| Warehouse Wages (BLS) | 15% | $24.16/hr | +0.2% | -- |
| Paper Containers PPI (BLS) | 5% | 287.2 | +6.2% | -- |
EIA Weekly Retail Diesel by Petroleum Administration for Defense District (PADD-level breakouts). Color reflects current price level; arrows reflect AI Forecast Layer 30-day directional projection. Hover any region for the exact value. Atlas subscribers see this rolled up to their network's PADD distribution.
PSPI is the Pallet Solutions Pressure Index -- a forward-looking demand-pressure read with a 60-90 day lead on pallet vendor capacity. Composed from housing starts (25%), ISM Manufacturing PMI (20%), container imports (20%), industrial construction spending (15%), retail trade sales (10%), and WARN volume (10%, sign-inverted). Released the second Friday of each month.
The dashed and dotted lines are reference comparisons -- the chart's time scale is 6 months.
Three procurement timing reads tied to this week's PSCI movement and the 30-day forecast. Not financial advice -- procurement-decision signals from the federal data above. Each ties back to a specific input series you can audit.
The forecast supports locking ahead of likely Q2 firming. PADD 1 diesel is +1.2% YoY and the AI Forecast Layer projects another +1.8% over the next 30 days. Wood Pallet PPI is rising in tandem.
Watch Paper Containers PPI weekly. The +6.2% MoM jump this week is the largest single-component move in the series since Q4 2024. Recycled-fiber-heavy pallet costs are exposed to corrugated input pressure.
The national PSCI weights all components equally across DCs. Paste your facility ZIPs into Atlas to see the read weighted to your network's PADD distribution, then start the standing procurement record for your corridor -- a dated, federally-cited entry per Tuesday that compounds into the case for your next RFQ.
Each edition is dated and version-pinned. Scroll back to verify past forecasts against subsequent observed data, or to cite historical PSCI levels in budget review.
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Every input value on this page traces to one of the public-domain series below. PSCI is a weighted geometric mean across the cost-input series; PSPI is a weighted arithmetic mean across the demand-side series. Copy this block for procurement audit documentation.