Price index on Producer Durables 2008
Notice:
The results for the years 2002 – 2008 have been revised in August this year due to small errors in the compilation system. The differences only relate to the index figures and not to the annual change rates.
With the current publication of the results for the price index for capital investments, final data is now available for 2008.
The annual changes in capital goods
prices record an increase of
In the most important product group,
(ÖCPA 29) Machinery and equipment n.e.c. (29.61%), a price change of
Rubber and plastic products (ÖCPA
25) saw price increases of
In the high-tech sector, there was
a slow-down in the annual price decline. The prices of office machinery
and computers (ÖCPA 30) fell by
The group comprising radio, TV and
communication equipment (ÖCPA 32) showed downward trends of
Price index for machinery 2008:
There were price increases of between
For the first time, data is published for the quarters of 2008. This meets the requirement to publish quarterly data, and at the same time this data provides short-term inflation indicators that form an important component of the price structure.
| Chaining coefficients - Price index on producer durables |  |  |  |
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| Price index for capital expenditure on machinery and equipment on CPA 2008-Classifications | | | |
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