OECD annual inflation up to 2.3% in March 2019, driven by energy prices

 

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07/05/2019 - Annual inflation in the OECD area picked up to 2.3% in March 2019, compared with 2.1% in February. Energy prices increased by 2.7% following a fall of (minus) 0.1% in February while food price inflation picked up slightly to 2.4%, compared with 2.3% in February. Inflation excluding food and energy was stable at 2.1% in March 2019.  

 

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Underlying data:  

• OECD, annual inflation
• G20, annual inflation
• OECD countries, contributions to annual CPI inflation by COICOP Division, current month (xlsx)
• OECD countries, contributions to annual CPI inflation, selected components, historical series (xlsx)

Source: Consumer price indices, OECD

 

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