Euro area annual inflation rises to 0.1 percent in June

Annual inflation in the euro area was 0.1 percent in June this year, up from -0.1 percent in May, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In June 2015, the annual inflation rate was 0.2 percent.

 

Meanwhile, in the European Union (EU-28) annual inflation was 0.0 percent in June, up from -0.1 percent in May. In June 2015, the annual inflation rate in the EU-28 was 0.1 percent.

 

In June this year, negative annual rates were observed in 13 states in the EU-28. The lowest inflation rates were observed in Cyprus (-2.0%), Bulgaria (-1.9%) and Croatia (-1.2%), while the highest were observed in Belgium (1.8%), Sweden (1.2%) and Malta (1.0%).