Statistics Netherlands reports the Inflation rate for September 2006. The Dutch inflation rate reached 1.1 percent in September 2006. In August consumer prices were 1.4 percent up on the year before, according to the latest consumer price index by Statistics Netherlands.
The Eurostat estimates show that the inflation rate in the eurozone also fell substantially. The Netherlands has had one of lowest inflation rates in the eurozone for some time now.
Lower fuel prices The inflation rate mainly fell because fuel prices became cheaper. The petrol prices fell substantially in September 2006, making this fuel more than 8 percent cheaper than in September 2005.
The price changes in clothing also helped lower the inflation rate. This is because the normal price increase in September was not as high in 2006 as it was in 2005.
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