Energy prices drive decline in euro area industrial producer prices

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Compared with August 2024, industrial producer prices were down by 0.6 per cent in the euro area and by 0.4 per cent in the EU.
52% : In the EU, energy prices decreased by 3.4 per cent, intermediate goods fell by 0.1 per cent, capital goods increased by 1.7 per cent, durable consumer goods rose by 1.6 per cent, and non-durable consumer goods went up by 2.2 per cent.
46% : In the EU, industrial producer prices for energy fell by 1.4 per cent, while intermediate goods dropped by 0.1 per cent compared with July 2025.
45% : In July 2025, industrial producer prices had grown by 0.3 per cent in the euro area and by 0.6 per cent in the EU, highlighting a reversal in the trend, Eurostat noted.
39% : Industrial producer prices in the euro area decreased by 0.3 per cent in August 2025 compared with July 2025, while in the EU they fell by 0.4 per cent, according to estimates from Eurostat.

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