Poland's HICP inflation at 0.7 pc y/y in March - Eurostat

Poland's Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) grew by 0.7 percent year on year in March 2018, unchanged from the previous month, the European Union's statistics office, Eurostat, reported on Wednesday. According to the HICP, consumer prices remained unchanged month on month. HICP is the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices calculated according to uniform Eurostat methodology. According to Poland's Central Statistical Office (GUS), prices of consumer goods and services in Poland grew by 1.3 percent year on year in March 2018 and fell by 0.1 percent month on month. Disparities between GUS and Eurostat data are a result of the application of different calculation methods.