Key messages of this edition
- In 2025Q1, producer prices in industry in the euro area increased by 2% year-on-year.
- The disinflationary trend is broadly still ongoing.
- However, this recent small increase reflects base effects following the sharp decline from 2022Q4 as well as recent supply constraints.
- Monetary policy has determined the disinflationary trend of demand factors, which are not playing any longer any inflationary role.