Polish HICP inflation up by 5.0 pct y/y in August - Eurostat

Poland's Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) rose by 5.0 percent year on year in August 2021, against 4.7 percent growth in the previous month, Eurostat, the European Union's statistics office, said on Friday. Month on month, prices went up by 0.3 percent, Eurostat data showed. HICP is calculated according to uniform Eurostat methodology. According to Poland's Central Statistical Office (GUS), prices of consumer goods and services increased by 5.5 percent year on year and by 0.3 percent month on month in August 2021.