INDUSTRIAL PRODUCER PRICES UP BY 0.5% IN NOVEMBER.

The EU industrial producer price index rose by 0.5% in November 2005 compared to October 2005 and by 5.5% compared to November 2004, Eurostat said on January 5. Annual variations show that industrial producer prices, excluding the energy sector, increased by 1.5% in the EU while prices in the energy sector experienced a sharp rise of 20.1%. Among member states for which data are available, the highest increases were observed in the United Kingdom (+12.5%), Denmark...