SOFIA (Bulgaria), December 30 (SeeNews) – Bulgaria’s November producer prices rose 0.5% month-on-month after a 0.9% monthly fall in October, the National Statistics Institute reported on Wednesday.
November producer prices were 5.9% lower than a year earlier, following an annual drop of 9.4% in October.
BULGARIA PRODUCER PRICES (PCT CHANGE):
|
November'09 |
October'09 |
October'08 |
M/M |
+0.5 |
-0.9 |
-3.2 |
Y/Y |
-5.9 |
-9.4 |
+2.9 |
BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (M/M PCT CHANGE):
|
November'09 |
October'09 |
- manufacturing |
+0.7 |
-1.5 |
- mining |
+1.9 |
-1.9 |
- utilities |
-0.5 |
+1.4 |
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.