State of the Industry · Q3 2026

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The numbers that moved this quarter, and what they mean for your contracts.

E&I’s new quarterly State of the Industry Report. Industry, category, and supplier intelligence for higher education and K-12 procurement, with every figure traced to its source.

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6.3%

Producer-price inflation, 12 months to Sept 2026: the side institutions buy from

3.7%

Consumer inflation over the same period: the index most budgets use

2.6 pts

The gap, and it widened in September

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