ECONOMY

Greek consumer price inflation slows to 0.2 pct in June

Greek consumer price inflation slows to 0.2 pct in June

Greece's annual EU-harmonized inflation rate slowed in June, statistics service ELSTAT data showed on Wednesday.

The reading was 0.2 percent from 0.6 percent in May. The data showed that headline consumer price inflation also decelerated to -0.3 percent year-on-year from 0.2 percent in the previous month.

Greece had been in a protracted deflation mode since March 2013 based on its headline index, as wage and pension cuts and a multi-year recession took a heavy toll on household incomes.

Deflation in the country hit its highest level in Nov. 2013 when consumer prices registered a 2.9 percent year-on-year decline. The economy emerged from deflation in June 2016. [Reuters]
 

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