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The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.3 percent in January, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U. S. Department of Labor reported today. In December, this index rose 0.4 percent, following a 0.6 percent advance in November. Prices received by domestic producers of intermediate goods moved up 1.0 percent in January after increasing 0.4 percent in the previous month. The Crude Goods Price Index turned up 1.0 percent after falling 0.4 percent in December. (See table A.) Among finished goods, food prices turned down after rising substantially in December, and the index for finished goods other than foods and energy moved up 0.2 percent in January after increasing 0.3 percent a month earlier. In contrast, the index for finished energy goods advanced 2.3 percent after declining 1.0 percent in the previous month. Table A. Monthly and annual percent changes in selected stage-of- processing price indexes, seasonally adjusted.