Brussels, 17/09/2014 (Agence Europe) - Euro area annual inflation was 0.4% in August 2014, unchanged compared to July, according to figures published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, on Wednesday 17 September.
At the end of August, Eurostat had forecast an annual inflation rate rise of 0.3%.
Negative annual rates were observed in Bulgaria (-1.0%), Spain (-0.5%), Estonia, Greece, Italy, and Slovakia (all -0.2%), Poland and Portugal (both -0.1%). The highest annual...