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Ireland’s annual consumer price index inflation rate increased significantly in September, while prices fell monthly, data published by the Central Statistics Office showed Thursday. The country’s annual CPI inflation rate rose to 2.7% in September from 2.0% in August. Monthly however, consumer prices fell by 0.2% in September after an increase of 0.4% in August. On a harmonised level allowing for EU-wide comparison, annual CPI inflation increased to 2.7% in September from 1.9% in August. Monthly, harmonised prices were down 0.2% after a rise of 0.4% in August. Separately, the CSO reported that over the three months to the end of August, production in manufacturing industries fell by 5.7% when compared to the three months to the end of May. This was worse than the fall of 3.6% the CSO had reported for the three months to July-end when compared to the three months to the end of April. Monthly however, production in manufacturing industries rose by 9.6% in August, compared to just 1.5% growth the CSO had reported for July. Further, in the three summer months June, July and August, output was 14% higher than in the same three-month period in 2024. This was lower than an 18% on-year increase the CSO had reported for the months of May to July. Copyright 2025 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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