Food prices continue to rally at high rates, causing great concern to consumers who "see" their incomes decrease. As the data released yesterday by the Hellenic Statistical Authority-ELSTAT showed, food inflation is more than three times higher than the increase in the general consumer price index. The situation has become unbearable in recent months, as the index in the group "food and non-alcoholic beverages" from 13.5% in September reached 14.8% in October 2022, touched 15% in November, and peaked at 15.5% in December, while in January it was at 15.4%. In February it "fell" a bit to 14.8% to be end up in March at 14.3%. Of course, it is worth noting that this imperceptible de-escalation does not mean anything to consumers, as these are large price increases, which come to be added to the previous ones.

The Greek annual inflation rate fell to 6.5% in February from 7.3% in January, Eurostat said in its flash estimate on inflation trends. In a report released in Brussels, Eurostat said the annual inflation rate in the Eurozone was expected to ease slightly to 8.5% in February from 8.6% in January, reflecting prices increases in food, alcohol and tobacco (15% and 14.1%, respectively), followed by energy (13.7% from 18.9% in January) and non-energy industrial goods (6.8% from 6.7% in January). The consumer price index in the services sector rose 4.8% in February from 4.4% in January.
Latvia (20.1%), Estonia (17.8%) and Lithuania (17.2%) recorded the biggest inflation rates, while Luxembourg (4.8%), Belgium (5.5%), Spain (6.1%) and Greece (6.5%) had the lowest rates.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis left his papers closed for the interventions of tax reductions and reliefs, during a press conference he is giving at this time.