UK's Annual Producer Input, Output Prices Accelerate in September

02:20 AM EDT, 10/21/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Producer input prices in the UK climbed 8.3% year over year in September, following the revised 6.7% growth earlier, data from the Office for National Statistics showed Wednesday. Analysts expected a 7.2% jump for the month. Meanwhile, producer output, or factory gate prices, gained 4.6% annually, against the revised 3.8% increase previously and the expected 4.3% rise. On a monthly basis, producer input prices rose 1.5% in September, compared with the revised 0.5% uptick in August and the expectations of a 1.3% gain. Monthly factory gate prices were 0.8% higher, versus the prior and projected 0.7% increase.