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Euro area annual inflation stable at 2.6%
Euro area1 annual inflation was 2.6% in September 2012, unchanged compared with August2. A year earlier the rate was 3.0%. Monthly inflation was 0.7% in September 2012. EU3 annual inflation was 2.7% in September 2012, unchanged compared with August. A year earlier the rate was 3.3%. Monthly inflation was 0.6% in September 2012. In September 2012, the lowest annual rates were observed in Greece (0.3%), Sweden (1.0%) and Latvia (1.9%), and the highest in Hungary (6.4%), Romania (5.4%) and Estonia (4.1%). Compared with August 2012, annual inflation rose in eleven Member States, remained stable in five and fell in ten. ... (full story)