EU-19: Eurostat confirms rise in inflation, in January 0.9%

• Inflation.

  Returns positive after 8 months negative changes

• Inflation.

  Istat: "After 8 months it returns positive to + 0.5% in January, + 0.2% on the year"

• Green masks and vehicles enter the inflation basket

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February 23, 2021 In January, the annual consumer price index in the Eurozone countries returned to rise for the first time since August and stood at 0.9%, up from -0.3% in December 2020. Eurostat indicates this by confirming the first estimates released at the beginning of the month. In the EU twenty-seven too, annual inflation rose to 1.2% compared to 0.3% in December.   

The lowest annual rates were recorded in Greece (-2.4%), Slovenia (-0.9%) and Cyprus (-0.8%), while the highest were observed in Poland (3.6%). ), Hungary (2.9%) and the Czech Republic (2.2%).

Inflation started to rise again in Italy too, from -0.3% in December to + 0.7%.