Slovenia Producer Inflation Hits Over 3-Year High
2026-09-21 09:01
By
Jereli Escobar
1 min. read
Slovenia’s producer prices rose 3.5% year-on-year in August 2026, up from 3.4% in the previous month and marking the highest level since July 2023.
Prices increased for manufacturing (3.7% vs 3.5% in July), particularly for textiles, wearing apparel, paper and paper products, coke and refined petroleum products, chemicals and chemical products, and basic metals.
Price growth also accelerated for mining and quarrying (8.4% vs 7.4%).
In contrast, prices moderated for electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (1.9% vs 2.1%), while deflation in water supply remained unchanged at 4.0%.
Among the main industrial groups, prices rose for energy (2.6% vs 2.0%), and intermediate goods (5.8% vs 5.1%).
Meanwhile, costs eased for capital goods (2.4% vs 2.8%), and consumer goods (1.0% vs 1.4%).
On a monthly basis, producer prices rose 0.3% in August, easing from 0.7% in July and marking the lowest reading since March.