TABLE-Slovak Jan EU-norm CPI +0.5 pct m/m, +2.2 pct y/y

    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) 
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