# Greek EU-harmonised inflation rises in September
Author: Pal sinha, Barnali
Author URL: https://startupobserver.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali/
Published: 2021-10-08
Category: News
Category URL: https://startupobserver.com/category/news/
Meta Title: Greece’s Inflation Jumps to 1.9% in September
URL: https://startupobserver.com/greek-eu-harmonised-inflation-rises-in-september/

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ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece’s annual EU-harmonised inflation stayed positive for a fourth straight [month](https://startupobserver.com/uk-retail-sales-rise-by-0-8-in-october-ons/) in September, data from the country’s statistics service ELSTAT showed on Friday.

Inflation was 1.9% year-on-year last month, jumping from 1.2% in August.

EU-harmonised [inflation](https://startupobserver.com/greek-eu-harmonised-inflation-rises-to-3-5-y-y-in-july/) is an index of components that is used across the EU to measure inflation in a consistent way.

Transport, housing, food and non-alcoholic drinks drove prices higher.

Headline consumer [inflation](https://startupobserver.com/greek-eu-harmonised-inflation-rises-to-3-5-y-y-in-july/) in Greece also picked up, to 2.2% last month from 1.9% in August, the data showed.

[Greece](https://startupobserver.com/greece-to-spend-780-million-euros-to-protect-marine-biodiversity-pm-says/) went through a deflationary phase during its debt crisis as wage and pension cuts and a protracted economic recession took a heavy toll on household incomes.

(Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou; Editing by Catherine Evans)


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