The Industrial Production Price Index recorded, in August, a year-on-year change of -4.3% (-3.7% in the previous month), reflecting price decreases in Intermediate Goods, Energy and Non-Durable Consumer Goods, with contributions of -1.7 percentage points (p.p.), -1.6 p.p., and -1.4 p.p., respectively. Excluding the Energy grouping, industrial production prices fell by 3.3% (rate of change of -2.9% in July).
The monthly change stood at -0.6%, reversing the growth of 0.1% recorded in August 2024.