Slovakias EU-harmonised monthly inflation decreased to 0.0% in February from 0.7% in the previous month, data from the statistics office showed. The annual inflation rate, measured by the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP), fell to 2.2% in February from 2.5% in January. The average annual inflation rate, measured by the change in average annual HICP for the last 12 months in comparison with the average for the preceding 12 months, eased to 3.5% in February from 3.6% in the previous month. The EU-harmonised inflation has a different composition of the consumer basket compared to the headline inflation, which reached 2.2% y/y and 0.0% m/m in February.
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