Tuesday, the General Secretariat of the National Statistical Service of Greece announced that the consumer price index or CPI rose 2.8% year-on-year in February, faster than the 2.4% growth in the previous month. A year earlier, the CPI was up 1.6%.
Food and non-alcoholic beverages prices fell 1.7% on an annual basis in February, while clothing and footwear prices dropped 1.5%. Transport charges were up 11.4%.
On a monthly basis, the CPI was down 0.5% in February, after falling 0.7% in January.
Meanwhile, the harmonized index of consumer prices or HICP rose 2.9% year-on-year in February, faster than the 2.3% growth in the prior month. The HICP was down 0.6% compared to the preceding month.
Tuesday, the General Secretariat of the National Statistical Service of Greece announced that the consumer price index or CPI rose 2.8% year-on-year in February, faster than the 2.4% growth in the previous month. A year earlier, the CPI was up 1.6%. (Market News Provided by RTTNews)