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Producer prices in October 2019: -0.6% on October 2018
In October 2019 the index of producer prices for industrial products decreased by 0.6% compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In September 2019 the annual rate of change all over had been -0.1%, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Compared with the preceding month September 2019 the overall index fell by 0.2% in October 2019 (+0.1% in September 2019). Energy prices as a whole decreased by 3.1% (-0.1% compared to September 2019). On an annual basis prices of petroleum products decreased by 10.1% and prices of natural gas (distribution) by 8.8% whereas prices of electricity ... (full story)