August 29 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria’s July producer prices rose by 2.3% month-on-month after rising by a monthly 1.3% in June, the National Statistics Institute (NSI) said on Friday.
July producer prices were 13.1% higher than a year earlier, following an annual rise of 12.7% in June.
BULGARIA PRODUCER PRICES (PCT CHANGE):
|
July'08 |
June'08 |
July'07 |
M/M |
+2.3 |
+1.3 |
+1.9 |
Y/Y |
+13.1 |
+12.7 |
+7.2 |
BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (M/M PCT CHANGE):
|
July'08 |
June'08 |
- manufacturing |
+1.0 |
+1.6 |
- mining |
+3.0 |
+0.3 |
- utilities |
+8.4 |
+0.8 |
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.