Wholesale Prices Still on the Rise

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: August 5, 2011; 14:23 ♦ (Vindobona)

Wholesale price index in July 2011: +9.3% against July 2010, +0.2% against June 2011. Main drivers were cereals, fertilizers and gasoline.

Wholesale Prices Still on the Rise / Picture: © Vindobona.org

As reported by Statistics Austria the index of wholesale prices, WPI 2010, amounted to 108.9 (preliminary value) in July 2011 and has decreased by 0.2% against June 2011. Compared to July 2010 the wholesale prices rose by 9.3%, after 8.9% in June 2011.

Against June, the groups “coffee, tea, cocoa and spices” (+4.2%) and “meat and meat products” (+3.4%) recorded price…