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Annual inflation in EU in June 2009 was 0.6 per cent - Eurostat

Wed, Jul 15 2009 12:29 CET byClive Leviev-Sawyer 1654 Views
Annual inflation in EU in June 2009 was 0.6 per cent - Eurostat

Euro area annual inflation was -0.1 per cent in June 2009, down from zero in May. A year earlier the rate was four per cent. Monthly inflation was 0.2 per cent in June 2009.
 
EU annual inflation was 0.6 per cent in June 2009, down from 0.8 per cent in May. A year earlier the rate was 4.3 per cent. Monthly inflation was 0.2 per cent in June 2009.
 
These figures, released on July 15 2009, come from Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities.
 
In June 2009, the lowest annual rates were observed in Ireland (-2.2 per cent), Portugal (-1.6 per cent), Belgium , Spain and Luxembourg (- one per cent each), and the highest in Romania (5.9 per cent), Poland (4.2 per cent) and Lithuania (3.9 per cent).
 
Compared with May 2009, annual inflation fell in 21 EU member states, remained stable in four and rose in one.
 
The lowest 12-month averages up to June 2009 were registered in Portugal (0.8 per cent), Ireland (one per cent) and Germany (1.5 per cent), and the highest in Latvia (10 per cent), Lithuania (8.6 per cent) and Bulgaria (7.3 per cent).
 

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