October 28 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's producer price deflation softened to 2.0% year-on-year in September from 2.7% the month before, data from the National Statistics Institute (NSI) showed on Friday.
On a monthly comparison basis, producer prices rose by 0.5% last month after edging down 0.3% in August, the data indicated.
Domestic market producer prices fell 2.4% on the year and were 0.2% higher on the month.
Foreign market producer prices dropped 1.4% on the year and increased 1.0% on the month.
Bulgarian producer prices, breakdown by industry (pct change):
|
September y/y |
September m/m |
August y/y |
August m/m |
Manufacturing |
-0.9 |
0.6 |
-2.0 |
-0.4 |
Mining |
-1.9 |
2.1 |
-9.1 |
-2.4 |
Utilities |
-5.5 |
-0.2 |
-4.1 |
-0.1 |
PPI total |
-2.0 |
0.5 |
-2.7 |
-0.3 |
source: NSI