Industrial producer prices rise by 5.3%
Industrial producer prices as a whole were 5.3% higher in May 2018 than in the same period of the previous year. Domestic output prices increased by 5.4% on average, within which the prices of manufacturing, representing a weight of six-tenths, rose by 5.4% and the prices of energy industry (electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply), with a weight of over one-third, by 5.9% compared to a year earlier. Industrial non-domestic output prices went up by 5.2% compared to May of the previous year.
In May 2018 compared to May 2017:
Industrial domestic output prices rose by 5.4%. Prices in Hungary increased by 7.0% in energy and intermediate producer branches, by 4.0% in capital goods producer and by 1.2% in consumer goods producer branches out of the end-use groups of the producer branches of industry.
Industrial non-domestic output prices rose by 5.2%, within which by 4.6% in manufacturing (representing a weight of 96.4%) and by 17% in energy industry (with a weight of 3.4%) because of sector-specific market effects.
In January–May 2018 compared to January–May 2017:
Domestic output prices increased by 3.8% and non-domestic output prices by 3.7%, so industrial producer prices as a whole were 3.7% higher.
Industrial price indices
(same period of previous year=100.0)
(%)
| Year, month | Domestic output | Non-domestic output | Producer, total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 May | 104.8 | 101.7 | 102.7 |
| June | 103.2 | 100.8 | 101.5 |
| July | 102.2 | 100.8 | 101.2 |
| August | 104.1 | 101.6 | 102.4 |
| September | 104.8 | 103.7 | 104.1 |
| October | 104.5 | 104.4 | 104.5 |
| November | 104.8 | 104.4 | 104.5 |
| December | 103.6 | 104.0 | 103.9 |
| 2018 January | 103.5 | 103.2 | 103.3 |
| February | 103.5 | 104.0 | 103.9 |
| March | 103.3 | 103.6 | 103.5 |
| April | 103.2 | 102.5 | 102.7 |
| May | 105.4 | 105.2 | 105.3 |