Articles for producer price index
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2023
- Third month in a row with rising manufacturing prices Article 11 December
Prices within manufacturing rose by 0.6 per cent in November. This was the third month in as row with increasing prices. The total producer price index (PPI) however fell by 0.3 per cent in the same period.
- Price increase within manufacturing Article 10 November
The producer price index (PPI) rose by 5.2 per cent in October. The rise was mainly due to higher prices on energy goods and higher prices on support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction. In addition, manufacturing also had a broad price rise in October.
- Energy goods pulls PPI up Article 10 October
The prices of oil, gas, and refined petroleum products increased for the second consecutive month from August to September. Prices of energy goods increased by 9.2 per cent.
- Higher energy prices pulled the PPI upwards Article 11 September
The producer prices index (PPI) rose by 4.8 percent in August due to higher prices on energy goods. The price decrease in manufacturing, which started in April, continued in August.
- Manufacturing prices fell for the third consecutive month Article 10 August
The producer prices in the manufacturing sector fell by 0.6 percent from June to July. This was the third month in a row with price fall in manufacturing. At the same time, prices took a downturn in extraction of crude oil and natural gas, which further pulled the Producer Price Index (PPI) down.
- Small price increase in the producer price index in June Article 10 July
The producer price index (PPI) increased by 0,3 percent from May to June. The increase mainly came from higher prices within extraction of oil and natural gas as well as from the food industry.
- Price drop on energy goods pulled PPI down in May Article 9 June
Energy prices in the Producer price index (PPI) went down by 14.8 percent from April to May. The downturn resulted in the total index falling by 8.3 percent. Prices in the food industry fell by 0.2 percent.
- Higher oil price pulled the PPI upwards in April Article 10 May
The Producer Price Index rose by 0.8 percent from March to April 2023. The largest contributor was crude oil, but also higher prices within food products brought the PPI up in April.
- Moderate price decrease in March Article 11 April
The Producer Price Index decreased by 3.5 percent from February to March 2023, where the decreased prices for natural gas was the largest contributor to the downturn. Manufacturing had a small increase, where the food industry stood for the largest contribution.
- Price decreases on energy goods in February Article 10 March
The Producer Price Index decreased by 2.9 percent in February 2023. The largest contributions to the downturn came from electricity, gas and steam as well as from natural gas. The oil price and prices on refined petroleum products contributed in the opposite direction
- Producer prices down in January Article 10 February
The Producer Price Index decreased by 17.3 percent in January 2023. This is the biggest decline measured from one month to the next in the producer price index in this millennium. The largest contributions to the downturn came from electricity and natural gas.
- Strong price growth in manufacturing in 2022 Article 10 January
The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose by 51.9 percent in 2022. This was caused by heavy price surge on energy goods, and a large price increase in the manufacturing industries. PPI increased by 4.9 percent in December 2022.
2022
- Energy prices rose sharply in November Article 9 December
The prices of gas, electricity and refined petroleum products all increased relatively much in November. This resulted in energy prices overall in the PPI rising by 9.6 per cent.
- Energy prices pulled PPI down in October Article 10 November
Prices on natural gas fell sharply in October and pulled down the index of extraction of oil and gas with 31.8 per cent from September. The index of electricity, gas and steam had a significant drop as well, while the manufacturing prices increased after two months with price decreases.
- Manufacturing price fall for the second month in a row Article 10 October
The producer prices in the manufacturing sector fell by 1.8 percent from August to September. This was the second month in a row with price fall in manufacturing. At the same time, prices took a downturn in extraction of crude oil and natural gas, which further pulled the Producer Price Index (PPI) down.