The headline rate of output prices showed positive growth of 5.9% on the year to August 2021, up from 5.1% in July 2021. The headline rate of input prices showed positive growth of 11.0% on the year to August 2021, up from 10.4% in July 2021. Other manufactured products and other produced materials provided the largest upward contribution to the change in the annual rate of output and input inflation respectively.On the month, the rate of output inflation was 0.7% in August 2021, down from 0.8% in July 2021 (Table 1). Transport equipment provided the largest upward contribution of 2.07 percentage points to the annual ... (full story)