Euskaraz irakurri: Euroguneko inflazioa % 8,5 was jaitsi da otsailean

Inflation in the euro area fell by one tenth in February compared to the previous month, to 8.5%, according to preliminary data published this Thursday by the community statistical office, Eurostat.

On the other hand, core inflation (which excludes energy, food, alcohol and tobacco as it behaves more volatile) rose three tenths to 5.6%. The increase in prices, if only energy and fresh food are excluded, was 7.4%, also three tenths more.

Although the drop in February was barely one tenth of a point, inflation has already accumulated four consecutive months of decline since the peak of 10.6% reached in October of last year.

For the first time since the start of this stage of price growth, inflation in the food, alcohol and tobacco category is higher than that of energy (15% in the first case and 13.7% in the second). ). The first of them reached that level after increasing by nine tenths in the last month, while energy prices by more than five points.

By country, Spain registered the third lowest inflation rate in the euro zone with 6.1%, behind Belgium, whose price growth in February was 5.5%, and Luxembourg, with the lowest inflation of the common currency (4.8%).

Other countries with a rate below the euro area average in February were Greece (6.5%), Cyprus (6.7%), Malta (7%), France (7.2%), Finland (7.9 %) and Ireland (8%).

Already above the average were Portugal (8.6%), the Netherlands (8.9%), Estonia (9.3%), Slovenia (9.4%) and Italy (9.9%), while are still in double-digit rates Austria (11%), Croatia (11.7%), Slovakia (15.5%), Lithuania (17.2%), Estonia (17.8%) and Latvia (20, 1 %).

Source: Eitb

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