Press release No. 138 of 20 April 2016
WIESBADEN – In March 2016 the index of producer prices for industrial products fell by 3.1% compared with the corresponding month of the preceding year. In February 2016 the annual rate of change all over had been –3.0%.
In March 2016 energy prices decreased by 9.2% compared with March 2015, prices of intermediate goods by 2.3% and prices of non-durable consumer goods by 0.3%. In contrast prices of capital goods rose by 0.6% and prices of durable consumer goods by 1.4%.
The overall index disregarding energy decreased by 0.9% compared with March 2015.
Compared with the preceding month the overall index remained unchanged in March 2016 (–0.5% in February and –0.7% in January 2016).
Basic data and long time series are available in table Producer price indices for industrial products (61241-0004) in the GENESIS-Online database.