# Greek EU-harmonised inflation rises in September
Author:  Pal Sinha, Barnali 
Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali
Published: 2021-10-08
Category: NEWS
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Meta Title: Greece's Inflation Jumps to 1.9% in September
Meta Description: Discover how Greece's inflation surged in September, driven by transport, housing, food, and more. Stay updated with ELSTAT's latest report.
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ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece’s annual EU-harmonised inflation stayed positive for a fourth straight month in September, data from the country’s statistics service ELSTAT showed on Friday.

Inflation was 1.9% year-on-year last month, jumping from 1.2% in August.

EU-harmonised inflation is an index of components that is used across the EU to measure inflation in a consistent way.

Transport, housing, [food and non-alcoholic drinks drove prices](https://www.financedigest.com/world-food-prices-hit-record-high-in-2022.html "World food prices hit record high in 2022") higher.

[Headline consumer inflation](https://www.financedigest.com/boes-mann-falling-headline-inflation-high-core-make-policy-difficult.html "BoE’s Mann: Falling headline inflation, high core, make policy difficult") in Greece also picked up, to 2.2% last month from 1.9% in August, the data showed.

Greece went through a deflationary phase during its debt crisis as [wage and pension](https://www.financedigest.com/pensions-awareness-day-could-you-get-by-on-less-than-living-wage.html "Pensions Awareness Day: Could you get by on less than living wage? ") cuts and a protracted economic recession took a heavy toll on household incomes.

(Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou; Editing by Catherine Evans)


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