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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-10-17
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[01] Greece remained in deflationary course in Sept
[01] Greece remained in deflationary course in Sept
ANA-MPA -- Greece remained in a deflation course in September, with
the inflation rate at -1.0 pct, unchanged from August, Eurostat said
on Wednesday.
The EU executive's statistics agency, in a report, said that the average
inflation rate in the Eurozone fell to 1.1 pct in September, from 1.3
pct in August, while in the European Union, the inflation rate also fell
to 1.3 pct from 1.5 pct over the same months, respectively.
Greece recorded the lowest inflation rate in the EU, on an annual basis
from September 2012 to September 2013, (-0.2 pct), followed by Latvia
(0.5 pct) and Sweden (0.6 pct), while on the other hand, the highest
inflation rates were recorded in Romania (4.1 pct), Estonia (3.7 pct)
and Croatia (3.3 pct). The inflation rate was 0.3 pct in Greece, 2.6
pct in the Eurozone and 2.7 pct in the EU in September 2012.
Bulgaria (-1.3 pct), Greece (-1.0 pct) and Latvia (-0.4 pct) recorded
deflation figures, while the UK (2.7 pct), Estonia (2.6 pct) and Holland
(2.4 pct) recorded the highest inflation rates in September. Tobacco
(0.10 percentage points) and electricity energy (0.09 pct) recorded
the highest price increases in the Eurozone, while diesel oil (-0.30),
telecoms (-0.15) and medical services (-0.07) the biggest declines.
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