Euro area annual inflation rate rises to 9.9% in Sep, EU rate to 10.9%

The lowest annual rates were registered in France (6.2 per cent), Malta (7.4 per cent) and Finland (8.4 per cent).

The highest annual rates were recorded in Estonia (24.1 per cent), Lithuania (22.5 per cent) and Latvia (22 per cent).

Compared with August, annual inflation fell in six EU member states, remained stable in one and rose in 20.

In September, the highest contribution to the annual euro area inflation rate came from energy (4.19 percentage points).

ALCHEMPro News Desk (DS)