Spain Feb HICP up 2.5 pct year-on-year

MADRID (AFX) - Spain’s harmonised index of consumer prices rose 2.5 pct in February from a year earlier, according to preliminary data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

The HICP rose 2.4 pct in January from a year earlier.

INE will report the final HICP figure on March 13.

INE’s harmonised data uses the same methodology for calculating inflation as EU statistics institute Eurostat.

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