Inflation in Greece jumped to 5% in May from 4.6% in April, according to preliminary data issued by the European Union statistics agency Eurostat on Tuesday, fuelled by higher energy prices.
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For the seventh consecutive month, Greece has been experiencing higher inflation than the Eurozone average, according to a statement from the Finance Department of PASOK-Movement for Change, which is strongly criticizing the government's economic policy on the basis of recent Eurostat data. As stated in the statement, inflation in the country stood at 5% in May, compared to 3.2% in the Eurozone. According to PASOK, this difference is not a cycli…