Annual inflation in the European Union in July was 2.8%. Prices rose most rapidly last month in Romania – by 5.8%. In Estonia, the figure was 3.5%. :format(webp)/nginx/o/2024/07/03/16196997t1hc5b0.jpg)
Money. Illustrative photo. Photo: Peeter Lilleväli / Põhjarannik
Annual inflation in the European Union in July was 2.8%. Prices rose most rapidly last month in Romania – by 5.8%. In Estonia, the figure was 3.5%.
The highest annual inflation was in Romania – 5.8%. In Belgium it was 5.4%, in Hungary – 4.1%, in Poland – 4%, in the Netherlands and Estonia – 3.5%. Annual inflation in Lithuania was 1.1%.
In June, annual growth in consumer prices was recorded in all EU countries. In the EU as a whole, annual inflation was 2.8%, in the eurozone – 2.6%.
Compared with June of this year, consumer prices in the EU rose by 0.1% in July, while they remained unchanged in the eurozone.
In Latvia, as in Sweden, consumer prices in July increased by 0.1% compared to June. Monthly inflation was recorded in 18 EU countries, with the highest being in the Netherlands and Denmark (1.3%), and the highest monthly deflation was recorded in Italy – 0.9%. In Lithuania, consumer prices fell by 0.1%, and in Estonia, as in Ireland and France, they increased by 0.2%.
The European Union includes Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden.
In the eurozone – Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.
