Consumer prices fall 1.3% in January, Cystat says
Consumer prices fell 1.3 per cent in January compared to the respective year of 2015 after falling 1.2 per cent in December on lower energy...
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Draghi says ECB still has ammunition amid doubts
By Noah Barkin and Paul Taylor European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said on Friday that the bank had plenty of instruments at its disposal...
ECB raises prospect of March policy easing as outlook sours
By Francesco Canepa and John O’Donnell Fading growth and inflation prospects will force the European Central Bank to review its policy stance in March, President...
Harmonised inflation rate seen at 0.6% in December
By Stelios Orphanides Cyprus’s harmonised consumer price index fell an annual 0.6 per cent in December after falling 1.5 per cent the month before and...
Prices drop 1.2% in December, 2.1% in 2015
By Stelios Orphanides Consumer prices dropped at a 1.2 per cent annual rate in December after falling 2.1 per cent the month before mainly on...
Harmonised inflation rate seen at 1.5% in November,
By Stelios Orphanides Cyprus’s harmonised consumer price index fell in November an annual 1.5 per cent after falling in October 1.8 per cent, the statistical...
Ireland to link soaring rents to inflation
Ireland plans to bring in legislation linking residential rents to the rate of inflation, in a bid to curb soaring rental costs, the Sunday Times...
Harmonised June inflation seen at -2.1%, Cystat says
By Stelios Orphanides Cyprus’s harmonised consumer price index fell 2.1 per cent in June compared to a year before after falling an annual 1.7 per...
June deflation rate accelerates to 2.4%
By Stelios Orphanides The drop in consumer prices accelerated to an annual rate of 2.4 per cent in June compared to an inflation rate of...
May harmonised inflation seen at -1.7%, Cystat says
By Stelios Orphanides Cyprus’s harmonised consumer price index fell 1.7 per cent in May compared to a year before and remained unchanged compared to the...
Harmonised consumer price index falls 1.7% in April, Cystat says
By Stelios Orphanides Cyprus’s harmonised consumer price index fell in April an annual 1.7 per cent compared to an annual 1.4 per cent drop the...
Euro area’s March inflation seen at -0.1%, Eurostat says
By Stelios Orphanides The euro area’s annual inflation rate accelerated to a preliminary -0.1 per cent in March, the month in which the European Central...
Inflation down but food prices rise
Harmonised inflation was down 0.7 per cent in January year-on-year on lower energy costs but the price food and non-alcoholic beverages was up 2.8 per...
January consumer price index drops 1.3% on cheaper energy prices
By Stelios Orphanides Consumer prices fell 1.3 per cent in January compared to a year ago, the statistical service said. The decline in prices was...
Eurozone inflation falls to five-year low
The annual harmonised inflation in September, recorded a significant decline in Cyprus and in the eurozone where it hit the lowest rate recorded since October...
Draghi says ECB ready to adjust policy if inflation drops further
By Howard Schneider The European Central Bank is prepared to respond with all its “available” tools should inflation in the euro zone drop further, ECB...
ECB negative rate cut ‘expected’ say economists
By Angelos Anastasiou IN AN unprecedented move, the European Central Bank cut its main interest rate by ten basis points on Thursday to a record...
Argentina policies adrift as inflation spiral looms
In the midst of Argentina’s biggest currency devaluation in a decade, with the peso’s plunge rattling financial markets worldwide, President Cristina Fernandez’s first public address...
With France stalling, eurozone recovery comes to near halt
By Leigh Thomas and Martin Santa The euro zone economy all but stagnated in the third quarter with France’s recovery fizzling out and slower expansion...
Cyprus EU Harmonised Inflation -0.5 Pct Y/Y Oct, +0.3 Sept
EU harmonised inflation in Cyprus was running at -0.5 per cent year on year in October, compared to a September reading of +0.3 percent, the island’s statistics...