Eurozone PPI came in at -0.5% mom, 13.2% yoy in February below expectation of -0.3% mom, 13.2% yoy. For the month, industrial producer prices decreased by -1.6% in the energy sector and by 0.1% for intermediate goods, while prices increased by 0.3% for capital goods, by 0.4% for durable consumer goods and by 0.6% for non-durable consumer goods. Prices in total industry excluding energy increased by 0.2%.
EU PPI stood at -0.6% mom, 14.5% yoy. The largest monthly decreases in industrial producer prices were recorded in Bulgaria (-7.9%), Greece (-3.3%) and Belgium (-3.2%), while the highest increases were observed in Slovakia (+11.5%), Slovenia (+2.7%) and Portugal (+2.5%).
