The annual eurozone inflation rate stood at 0.2% in August 2016, unchanged from July, and at 0.3% in the European Union, up on July (0.2%), according to data published by the statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat).
In August, negative annual rates were observed in 12 member states: Croatia (-1.5%), Bulgaria (-1.1%), Slovakia (-0.8%), Cyprus (-0.6%), Poland (-0.5%), Ireland (0.4%), Spain (-0.3%), Luxembourg and Slovenia (-0.2% each) and Italy Latvia and Hungary (-0.1% each)....