Consumer price inflation in Ireland accelerated in April, while unemployment eased, data published by the Central Statistics Office showed on Wednesday.
The harmonised consumer price index rose 2.0% in April from a year before, according to a CSO estimate, accelerating from a 1.8% annual increase in March.
On a monthly basis, harmonised CPI inflation was 0.4% in April, slowed from 0.7% in March.
Separately, the CSO said Ireland’s unemployment rate declined to 4.1% in April from 4.4% in March, though the March reading was revised up from the previously reported 4.0%.
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