Inflatie in de eurozone loopt terug naar 1.6% (en)

STAT/06/149

16 November 2006

October 2006

Euro area annual inflation down to 1.6%

EU25 down to 1.8%

Euro area annual inflation was 1.6% in October 2006¹, down from 1.7% in September. A year earlier the rate was 2.5%. Monthly inflation was 0.1% in October 2006. EU25 annual inflation was 1.8% in October 2006, down from 1.9% in September. A year earlier the rate was 2.4%. Monthly inflation was 0.1% in October 2006. EICP² annual inflation was 1.8% in October 2006.

These figures come from Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities.

Inflation in the Member States

In October 2006, the lowest annual rates were observed in Luxembourg (0.6%), the Czech Republic (0.8%) and Finland (0.9%), and the highest rates in Hungary (6.3%), Latvia (5.6%) and Estonia (3.8%). Compared with September 2006, annual inflation rose in four Member States, remained the same in five and fell in sixteen.

The lowest 12-month averages³ up to October 2006 were in Poland and Finland (both 1.2%) and Sweden (1.5%); the highest were in Latvia (6.7%) and Estonia and Slovakia (both 4.3%).

Euro area

The main components with the highest annual rates in October 2006 were housing (3.6%), education (3.4%) and food (3.0%), while the lowest annual rates were observed for communications (-2.6%), transport (-0.7%) and recreation and culture (0.0%). Concerning the detailed sub-indices, gas (+0.16 percentage points) had the largest upward impact on the headline rate, followed by restaurants and cafés (+0.08), while fuels for transport (-0.42) and telecommunications (-0.13) had the biggest downward impacts.

The main components with the highest monthly rate were clothing (2.9%) and alcohol and tobacco (1.3%), and the lowest were transport (-1.1%), food and recreation and culture (both -0.2%). In particular, garments (+0.16 percentage points) had the largest upward impact, while fuels for transport (-0.18) had the biggest downward impact.

Annual inflation (%) in October 2006 in ascending order

Euro area Member States