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The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods was unchanged in March, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. This followed three consecutive monthly increases of 0.3 percent. Prices received by domestic producers of intermediate goods moved up 0.3 percent in March, after increasing about one percent in each of the previous two months. The Crude Goods Price Index declined 1.3 percent after increasing 1.5 percent in February and 1.0 percent in January. (See table A.) Among finished goods in March, prices for energy goods and foods both turned down after rising in February. The index for finished goods other than foods and energy inched up 0.1 percent after rising 0.3 percent in the previous month. Table A. Monthly and annual percent changes in selected stage-of- processing price indexes, seasonally adjusted.