India, June 4 -- Consumer price inflation in Luxembourg climbed for a second month in a row in May, driven by higher utility costs, preliminary figures from the statistical office STATEC showed on Wednesday.
The consumer price index rose 2.0 percent year-on-year in May after a 1.7 percent increase in April. Inflation was the highest since July 2024, when it was at the same level.
Core inflation that strips out volatile prices of food and energy accelerated to 2.3 percent from 2.1 percent.
Prices in the housing, water, electricity and fuels group registered the biggest increase of 5.4 percent in May. Communication costs declined 3.80 percent.
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