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The Índice de Precios al Productor (IPP) recorded a monthly increase of 0.13% in august 2026, rising from 139.88 points in july to 140.06 points, according to preliminary data from the Banco Central de Reserva (BCR). This result reflects a moderate increase in prices received by producers through economic activities as a whole.
Among the activities that recorded increases, real estate activities showed a rise of 2.54%, moving from 129.06 points in july to 132.34 points in august. These were followed by electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply activities, which rose 0.67% (from 154.85 to 155.88 points); education, with a rise of 0.44% (from 153.20 to 153.88 points); and accommodation and food services, with a 0.39% increase (from 159.52 to 160.15 points).
Monthly increases were also recorded in professional, scientific, and technical activities (0.18%); manufacturing industries (0.06%); arts, entertainment, and recreation activities (0.01%); information and telecommunications (0.01%); and other service activities (also 0.01%).
Two activities saw no change in their indices between july and august. Water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities remained at 123.21 points, while human health and social work activities remained at 125.46 points; both showed a monthly variation of 0.00%.
In contrast, transportation and storage recorded the largest monthly decline, falling from 125.59 to 121.23 points—a drop of 3.47%. Administrative and support service activities also declined, moving from 135.27 to 133.68 points, a change of -1.18%.
Comparing august 2026 with the same month in 2025, the overall PPI rose from 135.30 to 140.06 points, representing a year-on-year increase of 3.52%. The largest increase during that period was in the supply of electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning (23.38%), followed by transportation and storage (4.59%) and real estate activities (4.18%).
Increases relative to August 2025 were also observed in other service activities (3.64%), manufacturing industries (3.00%), accommodation and food services (2.61%), education (2.39%), administrative and support services (1.80%), professional, scientific, and technical activities (1.56%), and arts, entertainment, and recreation activities (1.06%). The information and telecommunications sector showed no year-on-year change, while water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities fell by 0.15%, and human health and social work activities decreased by 0.07%.
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