Greek EU-harmonised inflation flat at 2.9% y/y in January

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Greece's annual EU-harmonised inflation remained unchanged at 2.9% in January, data showed on Thursday.

Month-on-month consumer inflation fell 0.7%

The cost of food and non-alcoholic beverages rose 4.7% year-on-year in January, with prices of clothing and footwear up by 7.4%, 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 January dropped to 2.5% from 2.6% in December.