Greek EU-harmonised inflation rises to 3.7% y/y in July

Aug 8 (Reuters) - Greece's annual EU-harmonised inflation accelerated to 3.7% in July from 3.6% in June, data showed on Friday.

Month-on-month consumer inflation fell 0.3%

The cost of food and non-alcoholic beverages rose 3.7% year-on-year in July, with prices of clothing and footwear up by 8.6%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 July rose to 3.1% from 2.8% in June.