Romania’s annual inflation of 4.9% was surpassed by Estonia’s 5.3%, while the EU bloc’s rate was at 2.9% in July. The lowest annual rates were observed in Ireland (1%), Slovenia (1.1%) and Sweden (1.6%), Eurostat data showed.
The lowest 12-month averages up to July 2011 were registered in Ireland (0.3%), Sweden (1.6%), the Czech Republic and the Netherlands (1.9% each), and the highest in Romania (7.6%), Estonia (4.9%) and Greece (4.3%).
Consumer prices fell 0.4% compared with June in Romania, while EU’s monthly inflation was minus 0.5%.
Annual inflation in the 16 states that use the euro was 2.5% in July, down from 2.7% in June. A year earlier, eurozone’s rate was 1.7%.