February 24 (SeeNews) - Greece posted annual deflation of 2.4% in January - the steepest year-on-year decline in consumer prices among EU member states in January, the EU's statistical office said.
Slovenia followed with a drop in consumer prices of 0.9% in January, marking the second-steepest decrease on an annual comparison basis among the bloc's member states, Eurostat said in a statement on Tuesday.
In December, Greece and Slovenia showed the strongest annual deflation among EU-27 - of 2.4% and 1.2%, respectively.
Among EU member states in Southeast Europe (SEE), only Romania reported inflation in January, of 2%, which was the fourth-highest inflation rate among EU-27, after Czechia, Hungary and Poland.
Data about inflation rates in EU member states in SEE follows (in pct):
|
Jan annual rate |
Jan monthly rate |
Bulgaria |
-0.4p |
0.1p |
Greece |
-2.4 |
-1.3 |
Croatia |
0.0 |
0.1 |
Romania |
2.0 |
0.9 |
Slovenia |
-0.9 |
-0.3 |
EU average |
1.2 |
0.3 |
*p - provisional data
source: Eurostat