OECD annual inflation slows to 1.6% in September 2019

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05/11/2019 - Annual inflation in the OECD area slowed to 1.6 % in September 2019, from 1.9 % in August mainly reflecting inflation in Turkey slowing to 9.3% in September from 15.0% in August. Energy prices continued to fall, by (minus) 2.6%, after (minus) 1.7% in August while food price inflation slowed to 1.5%, compared with 1.9% in August. Annual inflation excluding food and energy also slowed to 2.1% in September compared with 2.3% in August.

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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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