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Industrial producer prices grow by 0.6 percent in the euro area
07/03/2005
on March 7, 2005
Area industrial producer price euro rose a 0.6 per cent in January compared with the previous month, and a 0.5 per cent in the whole of the EU enlarged to 25 countries (EU-25), according to data disclosed by the Bureau of statistics of the EU (Eurostat).
The monthly increase was due mainly to a rise in prices of energy of 1.6 per cent in the eurozone and 1.1 per cent in the EU-25, while the prices of intermediate goods rose 0.5 by percent and a 0.6 per centrespectively. In both areas, capital goods and durable consumer goods grew by 0.4 percent, while the not lasting remained stable.
The greatest increases among member countries were reported in Lithuania and Netherlands, both with increases of 1.5 per cent, as well as Germany and Sweden, with respective increases of 0.8 per cent. The only reductions accounted for Slovakia (0.2%) and Ireland (0.1%).
