November 30 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's producer prices went up 1.3% month-on-month in October after staying flat in the previous month, the National Statistics Institute (NSI) said on Friday.
October producer prices were 10.3% higher than a year earlier, after an annual rise of 8.7% in September.
BULGARIA PRODUCER PRICES (PCT CHANGE):
|
|
October'07 |
September'07 |
October'06 |
| M/M |
+1.3 |
unchanged |
-0.2 |
| Y/Y |
+10.3 |
+8.7 |
+11 |
BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (M/M PCT CHANGE):
|
|
October'07 |
September'07 |
| - manufacturing |
+1.4 |
+0.6 |
| - mining |
+2.3 |
-4.3 |
| - utilities |
+0.4 |
-0.2 |
NOTE: The index includes 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.