Eurozone inflation go up to minus 0.1 pct in March
Xinhua, April 17, 2015 Adjust font size:
Eurozone annual inflation was minus 0.1 percent in March 2015, up from minus 0.3 percent in February, according to figures from the statistical office of the European Union (EU) Eurostat on Friday.
Eurozone's annual inflation was 0.5 percent in March 2014.
EU annual inflation was also minus 0.1 percent in March 2015, up from minus 0.3 percent in February. A year earlier, the rate was 0.6 percent, said Eurostat.
The lowest annual rates were registered in Greece, Cyprus, Poland, Bulgaria and Lithuania, while the highest annual rates were recorded in Austria, Romania and Sweden.
The largest upward impacts to eurozone annual inflation came from restaurants and cafes, rents and tobacco, while fuels for transport, heating oil and telecommunications had the biggest downward impacts, according to Eurostat. Endit