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Posted on September 30, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleIrish inflation hit 2.7% in September, the highest since January 2024. This rise follows a low base in September 2024, with a 0.2% price drop from August to September 2025.
DUBLIN (Reuters) -Irish consumer prices rose 2.7% year-on-year in September from 1.9% a month earlier, a flash estimate of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices showed on Tuesday.
That is the highest rate recorded by the index since January 2024, but the Central Statistics Office's Anthony Dawson noted in a statement that the growth was from a low base in September 2024.
Prices fell 0.2% between August and September 2025, the data showed.
(Writing by Conor Humphries; editing by Sarah Young)
Inflation is the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services rises, eroding purchasing power. It is typically measured annually.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total monetary value of all goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period.
A flash estimate is a preliminary estimate of economic data, such as inflation or GDP, released before the final figures are available.
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