Brussels, 28/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - The annual rate of inflation within the euro zone went from 2.0% in December 2001 to 2.7% in January 2002, according to the data provided on Thursday by Eurostat, which, moreover, considers that the transition of the fiduciary euro has had a far lesser effect on price rises (between 0.0% and 0.16%) than other factors, such as bad weather (0.34%). In the EU, inflation climbed to 2.5% in January, against 1.9% in December. The sectors most affected by the...