Brussels, 29/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - Under the effect of drops in crude oil prices, the inflation rate of the euro zone fell to 1.8% in September, having stood at 2.3% in August. Taken as an annual change, however, this reduction is also due to a base effect, as barrel prices had increased sharply in the same period last year. After a slight drop in August, the economic sentiment indicator for businesspeople and consumers went up again, rising by 1.6 points in the EU and by one point in...