14.09.202107:25:00UTC+00Finland Inflation Rises In August

Finland's consumer price inflation increased in August, data from statistics Finland showed on Tuesday.

The consumer prices increased 2.16 percent year-on-year in August, after a 1.94 percent rise in July.

Prices of capital repair on detached houses, petrol, detached houses, diesel, and owner-occupied flats had the largest upward impacts on the consumer price index increased from a year ago.

On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 0.23 percent in August, after a 0.33 percent increase in July.

The EU measure of harmonized index of consumer prices, or HICP, remained unchanged monthly and increased 1.8 percent from a year ago in August.