08.04.202609:08:35UTC+00Euro Area Producer Prices Fall the Most in About a Year

Producer prices in the Eurozone fell 0.7% month over month in February 2026, the sharpest decline since April 2025, after a 0.8% increase in January and in line with market expectations. Energy prices dropped 2.4%, reversing a 1.3% rise in the previous month, while prices for non-durable consumer goods declined 0.2%, matching January’s fall.

There was also a marked slowdown in price growth for other categories: intermediate goods prices rose 0.3% (down from 1%), capital goods 0.3% (down from 0.6%), and durable consumer goods 0.2% (down from 0.8%).

By country, the steepest monthly declines were recorded in Spain (-3.1%) and Ireland (-2.6%). In Germany, producer prices slipped 0.5%, while in France they decreased 0.2%.

On an annual basis, producer prices fell 3% in February, the largest year-on-year drop since October 2024, following a 2% decline in each of the previous two months and again in line with forecasts.