• In August 2016 the index of producer prices for industrial products fell by 1.6% compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In July 2016 the annual rate of change all over had been -2.0%.

  • Compared with the preceding month July 2016 the overall index fell by 0.1% in August 2016 (+0.2% in July and +0.4% in June).

  • In August 2016 energy prices decreased by 5.5% compared with August 2015, prices of intermediate goods fell by 1.6%. In contrast prices of non-durable consumer goods rose by 0.7%, prices of capital goods by 0.6% and prices of durable consumer goods by 1.2%.

  • The overall index disregarding energy decreased by 0.3% compared with August 2015 and remained unchanged compared with July 2016.

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