Greek inflation at 5.2% in June

First Published:	15/07/2010 17:11:19
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. (
Source:  Athens News Agency http://www.ana.gr

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