THE Euro area annual inflation
increased to 0.9% in December, compared with
0.8% in November.
Annual
inflation in the G20 area was 2.9% in December 2013, down from 3.0% in November
2013. For other G20 economies, annual inflation decelerated in India (9.1%
in December, down from 11.5% in November) and China (2.5%, down from 3.0%).
It remained stable in the Russian Federation (at 6.5%), Indonesia (at 8.4%)
and South Africa (at 5.3%). By contrast, annual inflation slightly increased
in Brazil (5.9%, up from 5.8%).
Compared with the previous month, consumer prices in the OECD area rose by 0.1%
in December 2013. They rose by 0.4% in Germany and the United Kingdom, by 0.3%
in France, by 0.2% in Italy and by 0.1% in Japan. They fell by 0.2% in Canada
and remained unchanged in the United States.
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