MADRID (dpa-AFX) - Spain's consumer prices rose for the first time in ten months in January, flash data published by the statistical office INE showed on Friday.
Consumer prices increased 0.6 percent year-on-year in January, after 0.5 percent in December.
On a month-on-month basis, consumer prices rose 0.1 percent in January, following a 0.2 percent rise in December and November.
The EU measure of harmonized index of consumer prices, or HICP rose 0.6 percent yearly in January and declined 0.3 percent a month ago.
Separate data from the statistical office showed that the retail sales declined 1.5 percent in December, following a 3.9 percent fall in November.
On a monthly basis, retail sales rose 1.0 percent in December, after a 0.5 percent fall in the previous month.
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