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El Salvador’s Producer Price Index (PPI) reached 140.18 points in September 2026, up from the 140.06 points recorded in august, representing a monthly increase of 0.09%. According to data from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR), the largest increase occurred in human health and social work activities, with a variation of 1.20%. The september figures are preliminary.
Health, transport, and real estate recorded the largest increases
Following human health and social work activities, the largest monthly increases were observed in transportation and storage (0.34%) and real estate activities (0.29%).
Other sectors also recorded increases, albeit more moderate ones. Accommodation and food service activities rose 0.06%; professional, scientific, and technical activities increased 0.04%; while manufacturing industries and information and telecommunication activities each recorded a rise of 0.02%.
In contrast, two categories showed no change between august and september. The education index remained unchanged (0.00%), as did the index for water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities, which also recorded 0.00%.
Four activities showed decreases during the month. Administrative and support service activities recorded the largest drop, at 0.22%. Meanwhile, the supply of electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning fell 0.01%; “other service activities” decreased 0.01%; and arts, entertainment, and recreation activities also reported a negative variation close to 0.01%.
The PPI rose 3.42% over the year
Comparing september 2026 with the same month in 2025, the general index rose from 135.55 to 140.18 points, representing a year-on-year increase of 3.42%.
During that period, the largest increase was in the supply of electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning, at 23.10%. This was followed by transportation and storage (5.01%) and real estate activities (4.45%).
Regarding human health and social work activities, which led the monthly increases, the year-on-year variation was 0.75%. Conversely, water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities recorded a 0.15% decrease compared to september of the previous year.
BCR data thus show that the PPI experienced a moderate monthly increase of 0.09%, while its year-on-year variation was 3.42%. These two figures correspond to different periods: the first compares august with september 2026, while the second contrasts september 2026 with september 2025.
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