Greece's inflation rate rose to 12.1% in June

Xinhua News Agency, Athens, July 8th (Reporter Yu Shuai Shuai) The data released by the Greek Statistics Bureau on the 8th shows that due to the continuous rise in energy costs, the Greek Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 12.1%year -on -year. According to local media reports,The data has reached a new high in the past 29 years, and has risen by 1.6%in a month -on -month.

Data show that from the perspective of energy prices, the price of electricity in Greece rose 70.4%year -on -year, the price of natural gas rose 117.7%year -on -year, and the price of heating oil rose 65.1%year -on -year.

In addition, the cost of residential housing in June increased by 31.5%year -on -year, traffic expenditure increased by 25%year -on -year, and the price of food and non -alcoholic beverages increased by 12.6%year -on -year.

The Greek inflation rate in June 2021 was 1.0%.Affected by the energy crisis and the Ukraine crisis, Greek inflation rate has continued to rise in recent months.

[Editor in charge: Xu Haizhi]

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