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Romania Posts Highest Annual Inflation In EU For 7th Straight Month
16.03.2011, 13:26 | Finance-Banks | 928 views
Romania posted the highest inflation in the European Union for the seventh consecutive month in February, while the EU's average rate was stable at 2.8%, statistics office Eurostat said Wednesday. A year earlier, the EU inflation was 1.5%, the data showed. Romanian annual inflation reached 7.6% in February, followed by Estonia (5.5%) and Bulgaria (4.9%), while the lowest annual rates were observed in Ireland (0.9%), Sweden (1.2%) and France (1.8%). Read more on Mediafax.ro
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