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Ireland’s annual consumer price inflation was flat in May, data from the Central Statistics Office showed Thursday.
Ireland consumer price index rose 2.6% in May from a year before, the same annual inflation rate as in April.
Excluding energy and unprocessed food, CPI was up 3.5% annually in May, the same rate as the CSO had reported for April.
On a monthly basis, consumer price inflation ticked up to 0.5% in May from 0.2% in April.
Harmonised CPI, which allows for EU-wide comparison, rose by 2.0% in May from a year before, accelerating 1.6% in April. The flash estimate for May’s harmonised inflation rate had been 1.9%.
Harmonised CPI inflation edged up to 0.6% in May from 0.2% in April.
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