13 July 2001, 12:10 Spain June CPI up 0.3 pct from May; up 4.2 pct yr-on-yr
MADRID (AFX) - Consumer prices rose 0.3 pct in June from May, and
were up 4.2 pct from a year earlier, the National Statistics Institute
(INE) said.
In May, consumer prices rose 0.4 pct month-on-month and 4.2 pct
year-on-year.
Analysts had forecast June consumer prices to rise 0.1-0.2 pct
month-on-month and 3.9-4.1 pct year-on-year.
INE said underlying inflation -- excluding food and energy product
prices -- rose 0.3 pct in June from May and 3.6 pct from a year
earlier.
Analysts had forecast a 3.5 pct year-on-year increase.
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