2021.10.2609:01:00UTC+00Sweden Producer Price Inflation Accelerates In September

Sweden's producer prices accelerated for the ninth straight month in September, figures from Statistics Sweden showed on Tuesday.

The producer price index grew 16.4 percent year-on-year in September, following a 14.2 percent rise in August. Prices rose for the ninth month in a row.

Import prices increased 16.0 percent yearly in September and rose 2.5 percent from a month ago.

Export prices grew 18.1 percent annually in September and increased 0.6 percent from the previous month.

On a monthly basis, producer prices gained 2.2 percent in September.