March 10 (Reuters) - Czech consumer prices rose by 16.7% on a yearly basis in
February, putting the month-on-month inflation rate at +0.6%, statistics office data
showed on Friday.
The year-on-year inflation rate dropped from a reading of +17.5% in January.
Analysts in a Reuters poll had expected a 16.6% year-on-year rise, along with a 0.5%
month-on-month increase.
CONSUMER INFLATION 02/2023 01/2023 02/2022
%change month/month +0.6 +6.0 +1.3
%change year/year +16.7 +17.5 +11.1
NOTE. The average rate of inflation over the past 12 months was 16.2%.
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(Reporting by Antonis Pothitos and Patrycja Zaras in Gdansk)