Greek EU-harmonised inflation rises to 3.1% y/y in March

April 10 (Reuters) - Greece's annual EU-harmonised inflation accelerated to 3.1% in March from 3.0% in February, data showed on Thursday.

Month-on-month consumer inflation rose by 1.9%

The cost of food and non-alcoholic beverages rose 2.3% year-on-year in March, with prices of housing up by 7.3%, the data showed.

EU-harmonised inflation is an index of components that is used across the EU to measure inflation in a consistent way.

Official statistics service ELSTAT also reported that headline consumer inflation in March dropped to 2.4% from 2.5% in February.