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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-07-14
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[01] Greek inflation at 5.2% in June
[01] Greek inflation at 5.2% in June
BRUSSELS (ANA-MPA) -- Greek inflation slowed to 5.2 pct in June,
marginally down from 5.3 in May, but remained the highest inflation
rate in the EU, Eurostat announced on Wednesday.
The EU executive�s statistics agency, in a report, said Eurozone
inflation slowed to 1.4 pct in June, from 1.6 pct in May, but remained
up compared with a -0.1 pct rate in June 2009. (ANA-MPA)
In the EU-27, the inflation rate fell to 1.9 pct from 2.0 pct in May.
Ireland (-2.0 pct), Latvia (-1.6 pct) and the Netherlands (0.2 pct)
recorded the (ANA-MPA) lowest inflation rates, while Greece (5.2 pct),
Hungary (5.0 pct) and Romania (4.6 pc) the highest rates.
The inflation rate rose in eight EU member-states, it was unchanged in
four and fell in 15 member states on a monthly basis. (ANA-MPA)
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