Producer prices in Sweden decreased for the sixth straight month in August, data from Statistics Sweden showed on Thursday.
The producer price index dropped 0.7 percent year-on-year in August, following a 0.6 percent decrease in July.
Prices for capital goods declined 2.2 percent from last year. Meanwhile, costs for consumer goods increased by 0.6 percent, and those for energy-related products climbed by 10.9 percent.
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