Food, alcohol and tobacco increased the most (6.1%); energy has fallen by 6.7%. Inflation fell in December in ten of the twenty eurozone countries, remained stable in one of them (Spain, at 3.3%) and rose in another nine countries.
The annual inflation rose five-tenths in December Eurozone, till the 2.9%This is evident from a preliminary estimate published on Friday by the community statistics agency Eurostat.
The part that had the most weight in it to get up were the prices of the food, He alcohol and the tobacco, with a growth of 6.1% (compared to 6.9% in November).
Prices for services have also shown this increase, with an increase of 4%, unchanged from the previous month.
Non-energy industrial goods, in turn, rose 2.5%, compared with 2.9% in November.
At the other extreme, they do Went down the prices of the energy (A 6.7%(compared to the 11.5% decline in November).
Inflation has fallen in December in ten of the twenty countries of the eurozone, has remained stable in one (Spain, at 3.3%) and increased in nine others, although figures still vary widely between countries.
The highest rates are registered in Slovakia (6.6%), Austria (5.7%) and Croatia (5.4%), while the lowest are registered in Belgium and Italy (both 0.5%) and Latvia (0 .9%).
Above the Spanish figure were Germany (3.8%), Estonia (4.3%), Greece (3.7%), France (4.1%), Malta (3.6%) and Slovenia (3.8 %).
Below the 3.3% in Spain are the rates in Ireland (3.2%), Cyprus (1.9%), Lithuania (1.6%), Luxembourg (3.2%), Portugal (1.8% ), the Netherlands (1.0%) and Finland (1.6%). %).
Source: EITB
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