Eurozone CPI was finalized at 5.2% yoy in August, down from 5.3% yoy in July. CPI core (all-items ex-energy, food, alcohol & tobacco) was finalized at 5.3% yoy, down from 5.5% yoy in July. Services prices slowed from 5.6% yoy to 5.5% yoy. Energy prices rose from -6.1% yoy to -3.3% yoy.
EU CPI was finalized at 5.9% yoy, down from 6.1% yoy in July. The lowest annual rates were registered in Denmark (2.3%), Spain and Belgium (both 2.4%). The highest annual rates were recorded in Hungary (14.2%), Czechia (10.1%) and Slovakia (9.6%). Compared with July, annual inflation fell in fifteen Member States, remained stable in one and rose in eleven.
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