While prices of durable goods and consumer goods remained unchanged month to month in August, energy prices dropped 0.6%, intermediary goods declined 0.4%, and capital goods declined 0.2%.
Compared with August 2015, industrial producer prices declined 1.9%, the data showed.
Energy prices dropped 8.2% in annual terms in August and intermediary goods declined 2.4%. On the other hand, prices of durable goods increased 3.4%, consumer goods grew 2.1%, and capital goods grew 0.9%.