Eurozone inflation hits record

Euro area nations saw inflation rise by 10 percent in September compared to last year – the highest since the creation of the euro in 1999, driven by surging energy prices


00.0% Consumer price index (change, year on year) 

Sep: Eurozone energy inflation 40.8%, Netherlands highest at 113.8%, Belgium 67.2%, Greece 53.3%


Euro area 	UK (latest) 	U.S. (latest) 

% 
10							9.9% 10.0%
					   8.6%.  8.9%	9.1%
8				     8.1%  		8.3%
		          7.4%  7.4%
6 	5.4%	   5.9%	
	5.0% 5.1% 
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	Dec   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep

         
Sep: 10 of 19 eurozone countries have double-digit inflation 
		%
Estonia 	24.2 
Lithuania 	22.5 
Latvia 		22.4 
Netherlands 	17.1 
Slovakia 	13.6 
Greece 		12.1 
Belgium 	12.0 
Austria 	11.0 
Germany 	10.9 
Slovenia 	10.6 
Portugal 	9.8 
Italy 		9.5 
Spain 		9.3 
Cyprus 		9.0 
Luxembourg 	8.8 
Ireland 	8.6 
Finland 	8.4 
Malta 		7.3 
France 		6.2
  

Sources: Eurostat, UK ONS, U.S. labour bureau 
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