The Czech Republic's industrial producer prices rose less than expected in November, figures from the Czech Statistical Office showed on Friday.
The industrial producer price index gained 21.3 percent year-on-year in November, after a 24.1 percent growth in October. Economists had expected a 22.9 percent increase.
Among the main industrial groupings, prices in the energy sector grew by 41.5 percent, and those for non-durable consumer goods by 23.1 percent.
Excluding energy, industrial producer price inflation eased to 14.6 percent in November from 15.7 percent in October.
On a monthly basis, producer prices fell 1.0 percent in November. Economists had expected the price to grow 0.3 percent.
