Price indices

(RTTNews) - Bulgaria's consumer price inflation accelerated for the second straight month in June, figures from the National Statistical Institute showed Monday.

Inflation rose to 3.2 percent in June from 2.6 percent in May. Consumer prices have been rising since December 2016.

Romania's inflation rate stood at 5.4 percent in June 2018, slightly declining by 0.01 percentage points compared to the previous month (5.41 percent) due to a 3.86-percent increase in prices for food, a 7.82-percent increase in non-food prices and a 2.58-percent increase in service fees, according to the data published on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

Greece's annual headline consumer price index accelerated in June to 1.0 percent year-on-year from 0.6 percent in the previous month, statistics service ELSTAT data showed on Tuesday.

The data also showed the European Union-harmonized inflation rate rose by equal measure, running at 1.0 percent last month from 0.8 percent in May.

The consumer price index climbed 15.4 percent in June from the same month in 2017 on an annual basis, up from 12.2 percent in May, which was higher than estimates, official data has shown.

Greece's annual EU-harmonized inflation rate accelerated in May, statistics service ELSTAT data showed on Friday. The reading in May was 0.8 percent from 0.5 percent in April.

The data showed the headline consumer price index rose to 0.6 percent year-on-year from zero percent in the previous month.

Monthly inflation in Romania advanced to 5.2 percent in March 2018, from 5 percent the month before, on a 7.2-percent increase in prices for non-food goods, a 4-percent increase in food prices and a 2.83-percent increase in services fees.

A higher annual inflation rate was recorded in June 2013, when consumer prices rose by 5.37 percent.

The National Bank of Romania (BNR) has revised the inflation forecast for the end of this year to 3.6pct, BNR Governor Mugur Isarescu said on Wednesday.

The previous forecast indicates an inflation of 3.5pct in 2018.

For the end of 2019, the BNR estimates an inflation rate of 3pct, down 0.1 percentage points.

Greece's annual headline consumer price index turned negative in January at -0.2 percent year-on-year, from 0.7 percent in the previous month, statistics service ELSTAT data showed on Thursday.

The data also showed the EU-harmonized inflation rate slowed to 0.2 percent last month from 1.0 percent in December.      

The consumer price index in November 2017 compared to October 2017 was 100.4%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.4%, according to data of the National Statistical Institute.

The consumer price index in October 2017 compared to September 2017 was 100.6%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.6%. The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (October 2017 compared to December 2016) has been 1.9% and the annual inflation in October 2017 compared to October 2016 was 2.5%.