MADRID, 25 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Industrial prices rose 1.6% last April compared to the previous month and shot up 45% year-on-year. However, this rate has moderated two points compared to March, when a growth of 47% was reached, the highest in 46 years, as reported on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
With the year-on-year rise in April, industrial prices chained 16 consecutive months of positive rates. However, it is the first time since February 2021 that the year-on-year rate has moderated compared to that registered in the previous month.
Among the sectors that drove the rise in industrial prices in April, energy stands out, which cut its annual variation by more than 17 points, to 119%, due to lower prices in the production, transport and distribution of electricity and oil refining .
According to the INE, without counting energy, industrial prices showed a year-on-year rise of 15.6% last April, almost two points more than the March rate and more than 29 points below the general rate. It is also the highest rate since April 1990.