Excluding energy, consumer prices were estimated to have increased by 6.3% year on year compared to an estimate of 5.8% last month, Ireland's Central Statistics Office (CSO) said on Thursday. Finance Minister Michael McGrath said this month that he still expects inflation to slow to an average rate of between 4% and 5% across 2023 despite a surprise pick-up in February, though he added the rate of core inflation remains a concern. (Reporting by Padraic Halpin; editing by Jason Neely)
Messaging: padraic.halpin.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) DUBLIN, March 30 (Reuters) - Annual Irish inflation
increased at its slowest pace in a year in March, with prices up
7% year on year compared to 8.1% last month, a flash estimate of
the EU's Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) showed.
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