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Decreasing energy prices
The producer price index dropped by 5.7 per cent from June to July, mainly due to decreasing energy prices. Manufacturing prices had a moderate increase in the same period.
The producer price index decreased by 5.7 per cent from June to July. The drop of the total index in July and the increase of the total index in May and June can mainly be explained by changes in the prices of energy.
The falling energy prices in July are mainly because of lower prices of extraction of oil and natural gas, and refined petroleum products, but falling electricity prices also influenced the total index strongly.
With the exception of a decrease in prices of furniture and manufacturing, as well as for fabricated metal products, the other industry sectors experienced a moderate price increase from June to July.
The producer price index went down 7.1 per cent last twelve months
The producer price index dropped 7.1 per cent from July 2008 to July 2009, mainly because of lower prices of oil and natural gas. Within manufacturing, prices decreased 1.8 per cent in the same period.
A 17.7 per cent drop in electricity prices also had a strong effect of the overall fall in the total index.
July 2009 | Changes, per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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June 2009-July 2009 | July 2008-July 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total index | 176.4 | -5.7 | -7.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extraction of oil and natural gas | 212.5 | -9.8 | -10.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manufacturing, mining and quarrying | 138.5 | -0.9 | -1.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electricity, gas and steam supply | 248.2 | -6.8 | -17.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Main industrial groupings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Intermediate goods | 129.9 | 1.1 | -2.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment goods | 127.1 | 0.2 | 8.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consumer goods | 123.7 | 0.7 | 5.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy goods | 212.2 | -8.8 | -12.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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