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). Inflation was zero in Denmark. The highest annual rates were to be seen in Belgium (2.0%), Sweden (1.2%) and Estonia (1.1%). Compared to July, inflation fell in seven member states, remained unchanged in six and grew in 15 others.
The greatest upwards impacts on the annual eurozone inflation rate came from restaurants & cafes (+0.10%) and fruit and vegetables (+0.07%), whilst fuels for transport (-0.35%) and heating oil and gas (-0.12%) had the biggest downwards impacts. (Original version in French by Mathieu Bion)