27th Oct 2026 11:35
(Alliance News) - Wholesale electricity prices in Ireland surged in September, while manufacturing producer price inflation accelerated, figures from the Central Statistics Office showed on Tuesday.
Wholesale electricity prices rose 93% year-on-year in September and 6.8% month-on-month, although they remained 53% below their August 2022 peak.
Overall manufacturing producer prices increased 7.4% annually, accelerating from 6.5% in August, and rose 0.5% month-on-month.
Export producer prices climbed 8.1% annually, while domestic producer prices increased 2.4%.
Meanwhile, energy fuel prices rose 48% year-on-year, food producer prices increased 1.2%, and wholesale construction material prices climbed 3.8%.
By Eva Castanedo, Alliance News senior economics reporter
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