Monthly Statistical Bulletin, May 2022

MAY 2022 27 Industrial production prices increased by 24.6% In April 2022, year-on-year: • The Industrial Production Price Index (IPPI) registered an increase of 24.6%, i.e., 1.9 p.p. less than the one registered in the previous month; This deceleration was determined by Energy, which went from a year-on-year rate of change of 82.3% in March to 61.5% in April, with electricity falling from 103.9% in March to 47.8%; • Excluding Energy, the rate of change in industrial production prices was 15.8% (13.7% in March); • Intermediate goods increased by 23.3% (20.5% in March). The month-on-month rate of change concerning the IPPI was null in April (1.5% in the same period of 2021). More information is available at: Industrial production prices index – April 2022 18 May 2022 24.6% -10.0% -5.0% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% Apr-19 Jul-19 Oct-19 Jan-20 Apr-20 Jul-20 Oct-20 Jan-21 Apr-21 Jul-21 Oct-21 Jan-22 Apr-22 1.5% 0.1% 1.9% 0.2% 4.2% 0.0% 1.6% 4.2% 1.1% -7.7% -10.0% -8.0% -6.0% -4.0% -2.0% 0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% Total Consumer goods Intermediate goods Investment goods Energy April 2021 April 2022 Industrial Production Prices Index (year-on-year rate of change) Total Index and Major Industrial Groupings (month-on-month rate of change)

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