Economic indicators: Annual inflation rates

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Series Details No.4 August
Publication Date August 1998
ISSN 0264-7362
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Economic indicators:
Annual inflation rates. EU annual inflation in May was 1.6%, the same as in April. In May 1997 the rate was 1.5%. In the USA the rate was 1.7% in April 1998 and in Japan 0.5%.

The rate in each EU Member State was as follows:


Austria 1.0%
France 1.0%
Germany 1.1%
Belgium 1.3%
Luxembourg 1.3%
Denmark 1.4%
Finland 1.6%
Sweden 1.6%
Italy 2.0%
Spain 2.0%
United Kingdom 2.0%
Netherlands 2.1%
Portugal 2.2%
Ireland 2.4%
Greece 5.0%

Source: News Release (Eurostat), No.49, 1998 (2.7.98)
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