Significant Rise in Wholesale Prices

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: May 6, 2011; 22:28 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austrian Wholesale price index in April 2011: +9.5% against April 2010. Main Drivers are Cereals, Fuel and Fertilizer.

Significant Rise in Wholesale Prices / Picture: © Vindobona.org

As reported by Statistics Austria the index of wholesale prices, WPI 2010, amounted to 109.6 (preliminary value) in April 2011 and has increased by 0.2% against March 2011. Compared to April 2010 the wholesale prices rose by 9.5%, after 12.1% in March 2011.

Against March 2011, solid fuel prices rose by 5.6%, the group "coffee, tea, cocoa and spices" showed plus of 3.6%. Prices…