CONSUMER PRICES: SLIGHT INCREASE IN EU ANNUAL INFLATION FIGURE IN JULY.

The highest annual rates were recorded in Spain (2.1%), Denmark (2.0%), Ireland and Portugal (both: 1.9%), and the lowest rates in Luxembourg (-0.3%), Sweden (0.2%) and Austria (0.3%). Compared with June, annual inflation fell in six Member States, rose in five and was unchanged in four.Compared to a year earlier, the biggest relative rises were in Denmark (1.4% to 2.0%) and Finland (1.1% to 1.4%), and biggest relative falls in Luxembourg (1.2% to -0.3%) and Sweden (1.3% to 0.2%).Over a twelve-month period (including July), the lowest averages were recorded in Sweden (0.2%), Germany, France and Austria (all three: 0.4%), and the highest in Greece (3.3%), Portugal (2.4%) and Ireland...