Core inflation at 0.7% in September

Core inflation, excluding food and energy prices, amounted to 0.7 percent year-on-year in September, compared to 0.5 percent in August, the National Bank of Poland said on Thursday. Inflation excluding state-controlled prices amounted to -0.5 percent y/y and remained unchanged month-on-month. Inflation excluding the most volatile prices amounted to 0 percent y/y compared to 0.1 percent a month earlier. The so-called trimmed mean, which excludes the impact of 15 percent of the price basket with the lowest and highest growth rates, was at 0.0 percent compared to 0.1 percent in August, the NBP also said.