Romanian inflation in July, highest in EU, exceeds Greece and Hungary's
Consumption prices dropped only in Ireland – by 1.2 percent and in Latvia, by 0.7 percent during this month. The rest of the EU countries saw prices going up.
The second largest inflation in the EU was in Greece – 5.5 percent, followed by Hungary, of 3.6 percent, according to Eurostat.
Romania increased its VAT from 19 to 24 percent at the beginning of July, which was expected to trigger increase in the country's inflation rate.
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