Ireland’s consumer prices showed no variations in August, after falling in the previous eight months, figures from the Central Statistics Office showed Thursday.
The consumer price index remained unchanged in August,year-over-year, following a 0.2 percent decrease in the previous month. In June, prices had fallen 0.1 percent.
Prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages dropped 2.3 percent in August from a year ago and that for clothing and footwear went down by 4.9 percent. Meanwhile, costs for communication grew 2.5 percent and education costs surged by 5.0 percent.
On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in August, in contrast to a 0.3 percent drop in the prior month.
The EU measure of inflation, or HICP, increased at a stable rate of 0.2 percent annually in August. Month-on-month, the harmonized index of consumer prices went up 0.3 percent, reversing a 0.3 percent fall in July.
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