In February, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Spain was the country where energy prices fell the most in twelve months, by 8.9%. 11.9% overall increase Set of 37 people.
Between February 2022 and the same month of this year, energy prices also fell in 2022, according to data released by the OECD this Tuesday. Belgium (7.9%), Costa Rica (5.6%), Greece (5.2%), Luxembourg (2%), Netherlands (1.1%), Japan (0.7%), and Canada (% 0.6).
At the other extreme, energy has become particularly expensive in these twelve months. England (48.3%), Latvia (46.4%) and Turkey (42.2%).
In February, the inflation rate in OECD remained at 8.8%. four-tenths less than in Januaryand this is primarily due to the slowdown in energy prices (annual increase from 16.4% to 11.9%) and to a much lesser extent food (from 15.2% to 14.9%).
Countries where inflation fell the most in February Costa Rica (down from 7.7% in January to 5.6%) and Turkey (from 57.7% to 55.2%).
Spain had the seventh lowest inflation among members at 6% and was one of the few countries where that figure rose in February (from 5.9% in January) due to the acceleration in the food sector (from 15.4% in January to 16.6%). ). )).
Core inflation At 5.2% in February, Spain was slightly below the OECD average (7.3%) and the Eurozone (5.6%).
Source: Informacion
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