18/01/2023 (Agence Europe) – The annual inflation rate in the euro area stood at 9.2% in December 2022, compared with 10.1% in November, according to data published by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) on Wednesday 18 January. In the EU it was 10.4% in December, compared with 11.1% in November. The lowest rates were observed in Spain (5.5%), Luxembourg (6.2%) and France (6.7%), while the highest rates were recorded in Hungary (25.0%), Latvia (20.7%) and Lithuania (20.0%). In Germany the price increase was 9.6% and in Italy 12.3%. The largest contributions to inflation came from food, alcohol & tobacco (+2.88 percentage points, pp), followed by energy (+2.79 pp) and services (+1.83 pp). (MB)