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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8213

17 May 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Inflation in April in euro zone upwardly reviewed

Brussels, 16/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - The changeover to the euro led to a rise in prices of some 0.16% in the first half of 2002 in the euro zone, said Gerassimos Thomas, spokesman for Commissioner Pedro Solbes, on Thursday. This rise "is not negligible, but nor is it very important", he said, especially attributing the increase in prices to "restaurants, cafes and other services". These comments were made while Eurostat had just upwardly reviewed its estimates on annual inflation in the...

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