AlQa'dah 16, 1436, August 31, 2015, SPA -- Eurozone inflation remained unchanged in August at 0.2 per cent, according to data released on Monday, according to dpa. The annual cost of living in the 19-country currency bloc had crossed into positive territory in May for the first time in six months, reaching 0.3 per cent and slightly calming fears of deflation. But since then it has dropped back to a constant 0.2 per cent. Some analysts had expected it to fall further to 0.1 per cent this month, but the EU statistics agency Eurostat said in a first estimate issued Friday that it held steady. Energy prices fell further in August by 7.1 per cent, compared to 5.6 per cent in July, Eurostat said. Food, alcohol and tobacco prices rose, as did those of services and non-energy industrial goods.
