Press release No. 054 of 19 February 2016
WIESBADEN – In January 2016 the index of producer prices for industrial products fell by 2.4% compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In December 2015 the annual rate of change all over had been –2.3%.
In January 2016 energy prices decreased by 7.3% compared with January 2015, prices of intermediate goods by 2.2%. In contrast prices of non-durable consumer goods rose by 0.6%, prices of capital goods by 0.6% and prices of durable consumer goods by 1.4%.
The overall index disregarding energy decreased by 0.6% compared with January 2015.
Compared with the preceding month the overall index fell by 0.7% in January 2016 (–0.5% in December 2015 and –0.2% in November 2015).