Slight Decrease in Inflation

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: February 29, 2012; 12:39 ♦ (Vindobona)

Decline in Austrian Consumer Price Inflation to +3.0% in January 2012.

Slight Decrease in Inflation / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The annual inflation rate of the Consumer Price Index  measured by Statistics Austria was 3.0% in January 2012 (December 2011: 3.2%, November 2011: 3.6%). The decline of the inflation rate compared to previous months was mainly due to statistical base effects. Mineral oil prices (+10%) were still pushing up the inflation; without their price changes the inflation rate would have been…