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May 10 (Reuters) - Greece's annual EU-harmonised
inflation slowed to 4.5% in April from 5.4% in March, data from
statistics service ELSTAT showed on Wednesday.
EU-harmonised inflation is an index of components that is
used across the EU to measure inflation in a consistent way.
Prices for food and non-alcoholic drinks rose by 11.1%, with
prices for accommodation and restaurants also up by 11.1%. The
cost of housing dropped by 13.7%, the data showed.
Month-on-month, consumer prices rose by 1.1%.
ELSTAT gives a breakdown of the April figures on its
website.
Headline consumer inflation in April dropped to 3.0% from
4.6% in March.
(Reporting by Antonis Triantafyllou in Gdansk; Additional
reporting by Angeliki Koutantou in Athens; Editing by Frank Jack
Daniel)
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