This is a decrease of nine-tenths compared to the previous month. The inflation rate is falling in all categories.
Annual inflation in the euro zone fell by nine-tenths in September from the previous month to 4.3%, the lowest rate since October 2021, according to preliminary data published on Friday by the community statistics agency Eurostat.
Core inflation – which excludes the effect of energy, fresh food, alcohol and tobacco prices as these are the most volatile and serves as a reference for the European Central Bank (ECB) in setting its monetary policy – was 4. 5%, eight tenths less than in August.
In addition, lower inflation rates are observed in all product categories: those of processed foods, alcohol and tobacco decrease from 10.3% to 9.5%, while the increase in the price of unprocessed foods was 6.6%, representing a decrease of more than 9.5%. than one point compared to August.
Source: EITB
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