EU Energy Producer Prices Jump 30% Yearly

Producer prices showed sharply different trends in September 2026 across Germany’s agricultural sector and the EU’s industrial sectors. German agricultural prices were down 4.6% year over year but rose 1.2% from August; crop prices climbed 17.4% annually, led by potatoes, while animal and animal-product prices fell 15.4% and fruit prices fell 16.1%. Across the EU, domestic energy producer prices rose 30.0% year over year and 7.7% month over month. Intermediate-goods prices increased 6.8% annually and 0.2% monthly, while manufacturing producer prices were up 8.3% annually and 1.4% from August.