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UK Producer Price Inflation, August 2014
•Total input prices fell for the tenth consecutive month. •The output price index for goods produced by UK manufacturers (factory gate prices) fell 0.3% in the year to August, compared with a fall of 0.1% in the year to July. •Factory gate prices fell 0.1% between July and August, unchanged since May. •Core factory gate prices, which exclude the more volatile food, beverages, tobacco & petroleum products, rose 0.9% in the year to August, compared with a rise of 0.8% in the year to July. •The overall price of materials and fuels bought by UK manufacturers for processing (total input prices) fell 7.2% in the ... (full story)