Slovak consumer prices rose 0.5 percent month-on-month in January, according to EU-norm data, putting the annual inflation rate at 2.2 percent, data from the Statistics Office showed on Wednesday. SLOVAK EU-NORM INFLATION JAN 07 DEC 06 JAN 06 pct change mo/mo +0.5 +0.1 +1.9 pct change yr/yr +2.2 +3.7 +4.1 NOTE. Analysts surveyed by Reuters had expected EU-norm inflation to have been up by 0.5 percent on the month, and 2.1 percent year-on-year in January. (Reporting by Martin Santa in Bratislava) ((For past economic data and analysts' forecasts, double click on )) ((Editing by David Stamp; martin.santa@reuters.com; Reuters Messaging: martin.santa.reuters.com@reuters.net; +421 2 5341 8402)) Keywords: SLOVAKIA INFLATION/
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