Romania Producer Prices Continue To Fall

(RTTNews) - Romania's producer prices declined for the sixth successive month in December, data from the National Institute of Statistics showed on Friday.

The producer price index fell 3.4 percent year-over-year in December, faster than the 2.6 percent decline in November.

Prices in the domestic market declined 5.0 percent annually in December, while those in the foreign market rose by 0.7 percent.

Among the main industrial groups, prices for energy goods decreased the most by 9.9 percent annually in December, followed by intermediate goods with 4.6 percent fall. Meanwhile, prices for non-durable consumer goods grew 5.9 percent.

Compared to the previous month, producer prices dropped 0.6 percent in December.