Greek EU-harmonised inflation falls to 1.6% y/y in October

Nov 10 (Reuters) - Greece's annual EU-harmonised inflation slowed to 1.6% in October from 1.8% in September, data showed on Monday.

Month-on-month consumer inflation fell 0.1%.

The cost of food and non-alcoholic beverages rose 2.6% year-on-year in October, with prices in education up by 2.8%, 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 October rose to 2.0% from 1.9% in September.