These figures come from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
Inflation in the EU Member States
In September 2010, the lowest annual rates were observed in Ireland (-1.0%), Latvia (0.3%) and Slovakia (1.1%), and the highest in Romania (7.7%), Greece (5.7%) and Estonia (3.8%). Compared with August 2010, annual inflation rose in twenty Member States, remained stable in four and fell in three.
The lowest 12-month averages up to September 2010 were registered in Ireland (-2.1%), Latvia (-1.9%) and Slovakia (0.4%) and the highest in Romania (5.2%), Hungary (4.9%) and Greece (3.9%).
Euro area
The main components with the highest annual rates in September 2010 were transport (4.1%), alcohol & tobacco (3.2%) and housing (2.9%), while the lowest annual rates were observed for communications (-0.9%), recreation & culture (-0.2%) and clothing (0.2%). Concerning the detailed sub-indices, fuels for transport (+0.40 percentage points), heating oil (+0.16) and vegetables (+0.09) had the largest upward impacts on the headline rate, while garments and telecommunications (-0.09 each), meat and bread & cereals (-0.06 each) had the biggest downward impacts.
The main components with the highest monthly rates were clothing (6.5%), education (0.6%) and household equipment (0.4%), while the lowest were recreation & culture (-1.3%), hotels & restaurants (-1.2%) and transport (-0.4%). In particular, garments (+0.31 percentage points) and footwear (+0.08) had the largest upward impacts, while package holidays (-0.14), accommodation services (-0.12) and air transport (-0.08) had the biggest downward impacts.
