The expensive growth in employers' health insurance premiums continues to slow, but it is still twice the inflation rate, the Kaiser Family Foundation reported Tuesday in its annual survey.

THE annual rate of inflation has continued to increase with the May 2005 rate having been recorded at 19.1 per cent, up from 18.3 per cent in April.

The annual inflation rate was 3.9% in June, unchanged from the May figure, according to the Central Statistics Office. The May figure had been the highest for more than three years.

The annual rate of inflation has continued to increase with the May 2005 rate having been recorded at 19.1 per cent, up from 18.3 per cent in April.

Core prices rose 0.2%, although this pushed the 12-month core inflation rate to 2.8% from 2.7% in July Overall CPI also rose 0.2%, as energy prices increased only 0.3%, the annual inflation rate decreased from 4.1 to 3.8% For September we anticipate a 0.2% core inflation and a -0.4% change in overall prices

LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices rose at their weakest annual rate in ten years in July as homeowners desperate to move dropped their asking prices, a survey showed on Monday.

Eurozone annual inflation down to 2.3% in August; EU25 consumer price rises also at 2.3% annual rate By Finfacts Team Sep 15, 2006, 10:53