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  "title": "Greek inflation rose to 5.6% in October 2026, Eurostat's flash estimate shows, 1.6 points above the euro area",
  "dek": "Greece's harmonised inflation rate rose for a third month in a row, to an estimated 5.6% in October 2026, while the euro area's rose to 4.0%. Eurostat's flash estimate gives no reason for the Greek rise; ELSTAT's breakdown is due on 10 November 2026.",
  "description": "Greek harmonised inflation rose to 5.6% in October 2026 from 5.1%, Eurostat's flash shows, against 4.0% in the euro area. No breakdown for Greece yet.",
  "language": "en",
  "section": "economy",
  "format": "analysis",
  "published": "2026-11-04T10:11:00.000Z",
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    "Greece's annual inflation rate on the EU's harmonised index (HICP) was an estimated 5.6% in October 2026, up from 5.1% in September 2026 and 1.6% in October 2025, Eurostat's flash estimate of 4 November 2026 shows.[S1]",
    "Euro-area inflation was an estimated 4.0% in October 2026, so Greece was 1.6 percentage points above it, against 1.3 points in September 2026, by our calculation.[S1]",
    "Greece and Italy share the third-highest rate in the euro area at 5.6%, behind Lithuania (6.1%) and Bulgaria (6.0%). The flash gives no breakdown of what drove the Greek figure.[S1]"
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    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "Capital.gr headlined on 4 November 2026 that inflation in Greece rose further, to 5.6% in October, and to 4% in the euro area («Ακόμα υψηλότερα ο πληθωρισμός στην Ελλάδα στο 5,6% τον Οκτώβριο - Άνοδος στο 4% και στην Ευρωζώνη») [S10].",
      "finding": "Eurostat's flash estimate gives 5.6% for Greece in October 2026, up from 5.1%, and 4.0% for the euro area, up from 3.8% [S1]."
    },
    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "Newmoney.gr reported on 4 November 2026 that Greek inflation «σκαρφάλωσε» to 5.6% in October 2026 from 5.1% in September, third behind Lithuania (6.1%) and Bulgaria (6%) and level with Italy [S11].",
      "finding": "Eurostat's flash table gives Greece an estimated 5.6% for October 2026 and 5.1% for September, with Italy also at 5.6%, Lithuania at 6.1% and Bulgaria at 6.0% [S1]."
    }
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    "What drove Greece's rise to 5.6% in October 2026. Eurostat's flash estimate gives only the headline rate for each country; ELSTAT's release of 10 November 2026 should give the breakdown by group and item.",
    "What ELSTAT's national consumer price index (ΔΤΚ) shows for October 2026. In September 2026 it was 5.0%, against 5.1% on the harmonised index; the October figure is due on 10 November 2026.",
    "Whether the 40-cent-a-litre heating-oil discount, which began on 15 October 2026, held down the October figure, and by how much.",
    "Whether Eurostat will revise the 5.6% estimate when it publishes full data for October 2026 on 18 November 2026."
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      "title": "Euro area annual inflation up to 4.0% (flash estimate, October 2026)",
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      "publisher": "ΕΛΣΤΑΤ (Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή, Hellenic Statistical Authority)",
      "title": "ΔΕΙΚΤΗΣ ΤΙΜΩΝ ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗ: Σεπτέμβριος 2026, ετήσιος πληθωρισμός 5,0%",
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      "publisher": "ΕΛΣΤΑΤ (Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή, Hellenic Statistical Authority)",
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      "publisher": "ΔΕΗ (PPC)",
      "title": "Γ1/Γ1Ν Home (November 2026 prices, checked 2 November 2026; October 2026 prices as checked in October)",
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      "url": "https://www.dei.gr/en/home/electricity/g1-g1n/",
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      "id": "S6",
      "publisher": "Capital.gr",
      "title": "ΔΕΗ: Στα 16,9 λεπτά το πράσινο τιμολόγιο Νοεμβρίου – Νέο σταθερό μπλε στα 13 λεπτά η κιλοβατώρα",
      "date": "2026-11-01",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.capital.gr/epixeiriseis/4027226/dei-aporrofisi-auxiseon-sta-prasina-timologia-nea-prosfora-sta-mple/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261104101311/https://www.capital.gr/epixeiriseis/4027226/dei-aporrofisi-auxiseon-sta-prasina-timologia-nea-prosfora-sta-mple/"
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      "title": "Η ΔΕΗ απορροφά το σοκ της χονδρικής (αύξηση 26% στην αγορά, 6,2% στο πράσινο)",
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      "url": "https://www.energymag.gr/energeia/ilektrismos/128486_i-dei-aporrofa-sok-tis-hondrikis-ayxisi-26-stin-agora-62-sto-prasino",
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      "publisher": "Ministry of National Economy and Finance and Ministry of Environment and Energy, joint announcement (minfin.gov.gr)",
      "title": "Μείωση 40 λεπτά στο πετρέλαιο θέρμανσης, 20 λεπτά στο diesel κίνησης, 10 λεπτά στην αμόλυβδη και αύξηση 30% στο επίδομα θέρμανσης",
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      "title": "Επεκτείνεται η επιδότηση καυσίμων για την περίοδο 1 έως 15 Νοεμβρίου 2026 – Κοινή ανακοίνωση των Υπουργείων Εθνικής Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών και Περιβάλλοντος και Ενέργειας",
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      "id": "S10",
      "publisher": "Capital.gr",
      "title": "Ακόμα υψηλότερα ο πληθωρισμός στην Ελλάδα στο 5,6% τον Οκτώβριο - Άνοδος στο 4% και στην Ευρωζώνη",
      "date": "2026-11-04",
      "language": "el",
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      "url": "https://www.capital.gr/oikonomia/4027798/akoma-upsilotera-o-plithorismos-stin-ellada-sto-5-6-ton-oktobrio-anodos-sto-4-kai-stin-eurozoni/",
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      "id": "S11",
      "publisher": "newmoney.gr",
      "title": "Eurostat: Στο 5,6% εκτινάχθηκε ο πληθωρισμός στην Ελλάδα τον Οκτώβριο – Στο 4% στην ευρωζώνη",
      "date": "2026-11-04",
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      "url": "https://www.newmoney.gr/roh/palmos-oikonomias/oikonomia/eurostat-sto-56-ektinachthike-o-plithorismos-stin-ellada-ton-oktovrio-sto-4-stin-evrozoni/",
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    "HICP",
    "Eurostat",
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    "euro area",
    "energy",
    "electricity",
    "heating oil"
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