Slovakia producer prices continue to fall in February
Slovakia's producer prices continued to decline in February, figures from the Slovak Statistical Office (SÚSR) showed on Friday.
The producer price index (PPI) fell 1.5% year-on-year in February, following a 1.1% decline in January.
The domestic market prices declined 1.4% annually in February, following a 0.3% decrease in the previous month, according to the Bratislava-based statistics agency. Prices for mining and quarrying grew 2.8% yearly in February, while those of manufacturing fell 1.9%. Prices for electricity, gas, steam and air-condition supply fell 1.1%, while those of water supply gained 3.4%.
On a monthly basis, producer prices rose 0.8% in February, following a 0.2% increase in the preceding month.
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