Spain's consumer price inflation remained stable in August and retail sales growth softened, official data showed on Friday.
The consumer price index posted an annual increase of 2.7 percent in August, the same rate of rise as seen in July, flash data from the statistical office INE revealed. EU harmonized inflation also held steady at 2.7 percent.
Meanwhile, underlying inflation edged up to 2.4 percent from 2.3 percent in the previous month.
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