In August 2025, North Macedonia's annual producer inflation rate decelerated to 4.2%, down from 4.9% in July. This represents the lowest inflation figure observed since September 2024. Price increases slowed in several sectors, including energy (rising by 6.5% compared to 7.5% in July), capital goods (9.3% compared to 12.7%), and consumer goods (3.5% compared to 3.7%). Within the consumer goods category, prices for non-durable goods decreased slightly (3.6% compared to 3.9%), while the rate for durable goods climbed (1.5% compared to 1%). Conversely, prices for intermediate goods, excluding energy, rose at a faster pace (1.4% compared to 0.9%). On a month-to-month basis, producer prices decreased by 0.1% in August, an improvement from the 0.4% drop experienced in the preceding month.