September 29 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's August producer prices rose by 0.2% month-on-month after a 1.0% monthly fall in July, the National Statistics Institute (NSI) said on Tuesday.
August producer prices were 10.8% lower than a year earlier, following an annual drop of 10.6% in July.
BULGARIA PRODUCER PRICES (PCT CHANGE):
|
August'09 |
July'09 |
August'08 |
M/M |
+0.2 |
-1.0 |
-0.1 |
Y/Y |
-10.8 |
-10.6 |
+11.8 |
BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (M/M PCT CHANGE):
|
August'09 |
July'09 |
- manufacturing |
+0.3 |
+0.9 |
- mining |
+3.5 |
+0.9 |
- utilities |
-0.9 |
-7.6 |
NOTE: The index tracks changes in producer prices on the domestic market plus producer prices of Bulgarian products sold abroad. Economists see changes in producer prices as a key indicator of trends in consumer price inflation.