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Producer price inflation, UK: April 2022
The headline rate of output prices showed positive growth of 14.0% on the year to April 2022, up from 11.9% in March 2022; this is the highest the rate has been since July 2008. The headline rate of input prices showed positive growth of 18.6% on the year to April 2022, which is unchanged from March 2022; this is the highest the rate has been since records began. Food products, and metals and non-metallic minerals provided the largest upward contributions to the annual rates of output and input inflation, respectively. The headline output index has been extended back to 1974 using previously published data, while the ... (full story)