Romania PPI Inflation Eases in September

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Romania's producer price inflation eased to a four-month low in September, though it remained strong overall, data from the National Institute of Statistics (INS) showed on Wednesday.
Producer prices climbed 46.7% year-on-year in September, slower than the 53% surge in August. Prices have been rising since December 2020.
Prices in the domestic market increased 62.9% annually in September and those of the foreign market rose 17.8%.
Among the main industrial groups, prices for energy grew the most, by 130.7% followed by intermediate goods with a 21.3% rise.
Prices for capital goods advanced 10.4%. Prices for durable consumer goods and non-durable consumer goods rose by 16.7% and 19.1%, respectively.
On a monthly comparison basis, producer prices decreased 1% in September.
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