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Romania’s June Annual Inflation, 3rd Highest In EU

Romania posted the third highest annual inflation rate in the European Union in June, after Greece and Hungary, official data showed Wednesday.
Romania's June Annual Inflation, 3rd Highest In EU
Popescu Vlad
14 iul. 2010, 12:42, English

Romania’s inflation eased to 4.3% in June from 4.4% a month earlier, EU’s statistics office Eurostat said.

EU’s annual inflation was 1.9% in June, down from 2% in May. A year earlier, the rate was 0.6%.

Greece reported the highest annual inflation in the EU, of 5.2%, followed by Hungary (5%) and Romania.

The lowest 12-month averages up to June were registered in Ireland (-2.5%), Latvia (-1.6%) and Portugal (-0.3%), and the highest in Hungary (5.2%), Romania (4.6%) and Poland (3.5%).

Romanian consumer prices inched up 0.2% in June compared with the month earlier. EU’s monthly inflation was 0%.

Annual inflation in the 16 states that use the euro was 1.4% in June, down from 1.6% in May. A year earlier, eurozone’s rate was -0.1%.