Feb 28 (Reuters) - Spain's consumer prices rose 6.1% year-on-year in February, a faster
pace than the 5.9% during the 12 months to January, and above the 5.7% expected by analysts
polled by Reuters, preliminary data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on
Tuesday.
Core inflation, which strips out volatile fresh food and energy prices, was 7.7%
year-on-year, a higher rate than the 7.5% recorded in January, the INE data showed.
Spain's European Union-harmonised 12-month inflation was 6.1%, up from 5.9% in January and
above the 5.5% expectation from analysts polled by Reuters.
(Reporting by Joao Manuel Mauricio in Gdansk, editing by Inti Landauro)
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