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Latvia registers EU's fourth highest inflation level in August
BC, Riga, 17.09.2014.
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Print versionAnnual inflation in Latvia was 0.8% in August 2014 – the fourth highest across the European Union, according to the latest data from the EU's statistical office Eurostat, cites LETA.
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The highest annual inflation was registered in Great Britain and Austria – 1.5% each, Romania – 1.3%, and Finland – 1.2%.
Meanwhile, deflation was registered in eight countries: Bulgaria – 1%, Spain – by 0.5%, Estonia, Greece, Italy and Slovakia – by 0.3%, as well as Poland and Portugal – 0.1%.
In Lithuania, annual inflation reached 0.3% in August.
Annual inflation in the euro-zone was at 0.4% in August.
In the EU, annual inflation in August was at 0.5%.
In comparison with the previous month, Latvia saw a 0.2% reduction in consumer prices in August, Estonia also saw a 0.2% decrease, but in Lithuania it reduced by 0.1%.
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