SOFIA (Bulgaria), April 16 (SeeNews) – Bulgaria's consumer prices fell by 2.0% in March, marking the sharpest drop among the European Union member states, the bloc’s statistics office said on Wednesday.
On a monthly basis, consumer prices fell by 0.3% in Bulgaria in March, Eurostat said in a report.
The EU's average annual inflation rate in March was estimated at a provisional 0.6%.
Details on the annual inflation rate of EU member states from Southeastern Europe follow:
|
Mar'14 |
Feb'14 |
Mar’13 |
12-mo average** |
Bulgaria |
-2.0 |
-2.1 |
1.6 |
-0.6 |
Croatia |
-0.1 |
-0.2 |
3.4 |
1.3 |
Romania |
1.3 |
1.3 |
4.4 |
2.3 |
Slovenia |
0.6 |
0.2 |
2.2 |
1.4 |
EU |
0.6* |
0.8 |
1.9 |
1.2* |
* provisional
** average harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICP) of latest 12 months ÷ average HICP of preceding 12 months
Slovenia joined the EU in 2004, Romania and Bulgaria entered the bloc in 2007 and Croatia became the EU's 28th member on July 1, 2013.