Prices for chips, passives stable

But, higher percentages of buyers see prices rising

Jim Carbone -- Purchasing, 11/18/2009 3:40:01 PM

About 18% of buyers report that semiconductor prices are rising. While that's a relatively small percentage, it's up from 4% in October. At the same time the percentage of buyers reporting prices were declining in November was 5%, down from 14% in October. Seventy-seven percent of buyers said prices were stable in November, down from 82% the previous month.
It's a similar scenario for passives such as resistors and capacitors. Twenty percent of buyers said prices were rising in November, up from 4% in October. Sixty-six percent said prices were stable compared to 81% in October. Fourteen percent said prices were declining, compared to 15% in October.