The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was down 0.2% in September 2013 after a rise of 0.5% in August 2013. Seasonally adjusted, the CPI increased by 0.1% in September 2013. The CPI annual rate was 0.9% in September 2013, like in August 2013. Excluding tobacco, the CPI also decreased by 0.2% in September 2013 and increased by 0.7% compared with the same month one year ago. The largest contributions to the decline in the CPI in September 2013 came from seasonnal decreases in prices of some services at the end of the summer holidays and, in a lesser extend, from drops in food prices, particularly those of fresh foodstuffs. ... (full story)