Greek inflation at -1.8 pct in December

Greece remained in the deflation zone in December, with an inflation rate of -1.8 pct, Eurostat said on Thursday.
In a report published IN Brussels, the EU executive’s statistics agency said that average inflation rate in the Eurozone

eased to 0.8 pct in December, from 0.9 pct in November, while in the EU, the inflation rate was unchanged at 1.0 pct.
Greece recorded the lowest inflation rate in the EU (-1.8 pct), followed by Cyprus (-1.3 pct), Bulgaria (-0.9 pct) and Latvia (-0.4 pct). On the other hand, Estonia, UK and Austria recorded the highest inflation rates (2.0 pct), followed by Finland (1.9 pct). The inflation rate was 0.3 pct in Greece in December 2012, in the eurozone was 2.2 pct and in the EU 2.3 pct.
Electricity (0.11 pct), tobacco (0.08 pct) and restaurant (0.05 pct) recorded the biggest percentage increases, while telecoms (-0.14 pct), diesel oil (0.13 pct) and medical prices (0.07 pct) the biggest declines.

source: ΑΜΝΑ

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