Annual inflation in the euro area was 0.2 percent in August this year, remaining stable compared to July, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In August 2015, the annual inflation rate was 0.1 percent.
Meanwhile, in the European Union (EU-28) annual inflation was 0.3 percent in August, up from 0.2 percent in July. In August 2015, the annual inflation rate in the EU-28 was 0.0 percent.
In August this year, negative annual rates were observed in 12 states in the EU-28. The lowest inflation rates were observed in Croatia (-1.5%), Bulgaria (-1.1%) and Slovakia (-0.8%), while the highest were observed in Belgium (2.0%), Sweden (1.2%) and Estonia (1.1%).