Brussels, 28/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - According to Eurostat figures published on 28 February by the European Commission, the annual inflation rate in the euro zone was 1.8% in January 2007, compared to 1.9% in December 2006. A year previously it was 2.4%. The annual inflation rate of the EU of twenty-seven was 2.1% in January 2007, compared with 2.2% in December 2006. A year previously it was 2.3%.
In January 2007 the lowest annual rates were seen in the Netherlands (1.0%), Malta (1.2%)...