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Thursday, 31.10.2024, 23:54
Annual inflation in Lithuania and in Latvia among highest in EU in March
In March 2009, Euro area annual inflation was 0.6% in March 2009, down from 1.2% in February. A year earlier the rate was 3.6%. Monthly inflation was 0.4% in March 2009.
EU annual inflation was 1.3% in March 2009, down from 1.8% in February. A year earlier the rate was 3.8%. Monthly inflation was 0.3% in March 2009.
In March 2009, the lowest annual rates were observed in Ireland (-0.7%), Portugal (-0.6%) and Luxembourg (-0.3%), and the highest in Latvia (7.9%), Lithuania (7.4%) and Romania (6.7%). Compared with February 2009, annual inflation fell in twenty-two Member States and rose in four.
The lowest 12-month averages up to March 2009 were registered in Portugal (1.9%), Germany and the Netherlands (both 2.2%), and the highest in Latvia (13.4%), Lithuania (10.5%) and Bulgaria (10.1%).