Finland inflation weakened in a lowest level since late 2021 in February, due to a milder rise in average interest rate on housing loans and consumer credits.
The statement above was made by a Statistics Finland on Thursday.
Consumer price inflation softened to 3 per cent from 3.3 per cent in January.
That was the lowest rate since September 2021, when inflation was 2.5 per cent.
The month-on-month change of consumer prices was 0.5 per cent, largely caused by higher prices of district heat and package international holidays.
Prices had increased 0.3 per cent in January.
Core inflation that excluded prices of food and energy came in at 4.9 per cent.
The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices gained 1.1 per cent on year in February, the same rate as seen in January.
