Euro area annual inflation down to 3.8% - EU down to 4.2%
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- Euro area annual inflation stable at 4.0%, EU up to 4.4%
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- March Euro area annual inflation up to 3.6% EU up to 3.8%
- Euro area annual inflation down to 3.2% EU down to 3.7%
- Food price rises second highest in euro area
- Euro area unemployment up to 7.5% EU27 stable at 6.9%
- Euro area unemployment stable at 7.3% EU27 stable at 6.8%
- Euro area unemployment stable at 7.5% - EU27 rises to 7.0%
- The annual inflation rate rises to 5.6% in July
- The Retail Price Index increased again in April
- August 2008 volume of retail trade up by 0.3% in euro area Up by 0.4% in EU27
- Electricity generation rises by 18 per between 2000 - 2006
- Annual inflation rate 4.8% and RPI up 0.86% in July
- Annual inflation in June 4.4% - HICP up by 0.5%
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Euro area annual inflation was 3.8% in August 2008, down from 4.0% in July. A year earlier the rate was 1.7%. Monthly inflation was -0.1% in August 2008.
EU annual inflation was 4.2% in August 2008, down from 4.4% in July. A year earlier the rate was 1.9%. Monthly inflation was -0.1% in August 2008.
These figures come from Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities.
Inflation in the EU Member States
In August 2008, the lowest annual rates were observed in the Netherlands (3.0%), Portugal (3.1%) and Ireland (3.2%), and the highest in Latvia (15.6%), Lithuania (12.2%) and Bulgaria (11.8%). Compared with July 2008, annual inflation fell in nineteen Member States, remained stable in three and rose in four, Malta stood at 5.4%.
The lowest 12-month averages4 up to August 2008 were registered in the Netherlands (2.0%), Portugal (2.8%) and Sweden (3.0%), and the highest in Latvia (15.5%), Bulgaria (12.5%) and Estonia (10.5%), with Malta standing at 3.7%.
Euro area
The main components with the highest annual rates in August 2008 were housing and transport (both 6.3%) and food (6.2%), while the lowest annual rates were observed for communications (-2.5%), clothing (0.4%) and recreation & culture (0.5%). Concerning the detailed sub-indices, fuels for transport (+0.52 percentage points), heating oil (+0.29) and milk, cheese & eggs (+0.19) had the largest upward impacts on the headline rate, while telecommunications (-0.20), garments (-0.18) and cars (-0.17) had the biggest downward impacts.
The main components with the highest monthly rates were clothing (1.6%), hotels & restaurants (0.4%), household equipment and recreation & culture (both 0.2%), and the lowest were transport (-1.3%), education (-0.5%) and food (-0.4%). In particular, garments (+0.10 percentage points), air transport, package holidays, accommodation services and meat (+0.03 each) had the largest upward impacts, while fuels for transport (-0.28), heating oil (-0.10), vegetables and fruit (-0.05 each) had the biggest downward impacts.
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