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  "title": "Greek inflation rose to 5.7% in October 2026, its highest since February 2023, as gas, electricity and food prices climbed",
  "dek": "By our calculation from ELSTAT's figures, six fuel and energy items added about 3.1 of the 5.7 points. Heating oil fell 12.3% in the month, but gas, electricity and food rose.",
  "description": "Greek inflation hit 5.7% in October 2026, the highest since February 2023. Six energy items added about 3.1 points; rents tied to 75% of CPI rise 4.3%.",
  "language": "en",
  "section": "economy",
  "format": "analysis",
  "published": "2026-11-10T10:15:00.000Z",
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    "Greece's national consumer price index (ΔΤΚ) was 5.7% higher in October 2026 than in October 2025, up from 5.0% in September 2026 and the highest annual rate since February 2023, ELSTAT reported on 10 November 2026.[S1]",
    "Petrol, electricity, heating oil, natural gas, diesel and solid fuels together added about 3.1 of the 5.7 percentage points, by our calculation from ELSTAT's item contributions.[S1]",
    "Heating oil fell 12.3% from September to October 2026, but natural gas rose 15.3%, electricity 4.7% and food 2.3% in the same month.[S1]",
    "For leases whose annual rise is set by law at 75% of the CPI change, ELSTAT puts the November 2026 rent increase at 4.3%.[S1:rent]"
  ],
  "checks": [
    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "Sofokleous10 headlined on 10 November 2026 that housing and transport explain 73% of the new rise in prices («Στέγαση και μεταφορές εξηγούν το 73%»).[S6]",
      "finding": "ELSTAT's table gives housing 2.20 and transport 1.95 of the 5.7 points, or about 73% between them, by our calculation.[S1]"
    },
    {
      "verdict": "confirmed",
      "claim": "Πρώτο Θέμα reported on 10 November 2026 that inflation rose to 5.7% in October from 5% in September, and recalled that Eurostat's initial figure was 5.6%.[S7]",
      "finding": "ELSTAT's CPI rose 5.7% on the year, against 5.0% in September; Eurostat's flash estimate of 4 November gave 5.6% on the harmonised index, which ELSTAT's own release now puts at 5.7%.[S1][S4][S2]"
    }
  ],
  "unknowns": [
    "Why each price moved. ELSTAT's release names the items behind each group's change but does not give reasons.",
    "How much the heating-oil discount held down October's figure. In our reading the 12.3% monthly fall in heating oil coincides with it, but ELSTAT does not attribute the fall to the discount.",
    "Whether Eurostat will publish 5.7% or keep its 5.6% flash estimate for Greece when it releases full October data on 18 November 2026.",
    "What Greek core inflation, excluding energy and food, was in October 2026. ELSTAT's press releases do not give a core rate."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "S1",
      "publisher": "ΕΛΣΤΑΤ (Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή, Hellenic Statistical Authority)",
      "title": "ΔΕΙΚΤΗΣ ΤΙΜΩΝ ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗ: Οκτώβριος 2026, ετήσιος πληθωρισμός 5,7% (with the notice «Για την αναπροσαρμογή μισθωμάτων, μηνός Νοεμβρίου 2026»)",
      "date": "2026-11-10",
      "language": "el",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://www.statistics.gr/el/statistics/-/publication/DKT87/2026-M10",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261110101541/https://www.statistics.gr/el/statistics/-/publication/DKT87/2026-M10"
    },
    {
      "id": "S2",
      "publisher": "ΕΛΣΤΑΤ (Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή, Hellenic Statistical Authority)",
      "title": "ΕΝΑΡΜΟΝΙΣΜΕΝΟΣ ΔΕΙΚΤΗΣ ΤΙΜΩΝ ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗ: Οκτώβριος 2026, ετήσια αύξηση 5,7%",
      "date": "2026-11-10",
      "language": "el",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://www.statistics.gr/el/statistics/-/publication/DKT90/2026-M10",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261110101540/https://www.statistics.gr/el/statistics/-/publication/DKT90/2026-M10"
    },
    {
      "id": "S3",
      "publisher": "ΕΛΣΤΑΤ (Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή, Hellenic Statistical Authority)",
      "title": "ΔΕΙΚΤΗΣ ΤΙΜΩΝ ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗ: Σεπτέμβριος 2026, ετήσιος πληθωρισμός 5,0%",
      "date": "2026-10-09",
      "language": "el",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://www.statistics.gr/el/statistics/-/publication/DKT87/2026-M09",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261110101622/https://www.statistics.gr/el/statistics/-/publication/DKT87/2026-M09"
    },
    {
      "id": "S4",
      "publisher": "Eurostat",
      "title": "Euro area annual inflation up to 4.0% (flash estimate, October 2026)",
      "date": "2026-11-04",
      "language": "en",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-euro-indicators/w/2-04112026-ap",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261110101754/https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-euro-indicators/w/2-04112026-ap"
    },
    {
      "id": "S5",
      "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",
      "date": "2026-10-14",
      "language": "el",
      "official": true,
      "url": "https://minfin.gov.gr/meiosi-40-lepta-sto-petrelaio-thermansis-20-lepta-sto-diesel-kinisis-10-lepta-stin-amolyvdi-kai-afxisi-30-sto-epidoma-thermansis/",
      "archive": null
    },
    {
      "id": "S6",
      "publisher": "sofokleous10.gr",
      "title": "Πληθωρισμός 5,7%: Στέγαση και μεταφορές εξηγούν το 73% της νέας έκρηξης τιμών",
      "date": "2026-11-10",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://sofokleous10.gr/2026/11/10/plithorismos-5-7-oktovrios-2026-stegasi-metaforos-akriveia/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261110101656/https://sofokleous10.gr/2026/11/10/plithorismos-5-7-oktovrios-2026-stegasi-metaforos-akriveia/"
    },
    {
      "id": "S7",
      "publisher": "Πρώτο Θέμα",
      "title": "ΕΛΣΤΑΤ: Ανέβασε κι άλλο ταχύτητα ο πληθωρισμός – Στο 5,7% τον Οκτώβριο",
      "date": "2026-11-10",
      "language": "el",
      "official": false,
      "url": "https://www.protothema.gr/economy/article/1908503/elstat-anevase-ki-allo-tahutita-o-plithorismos-sto-57-ton-oktovrio/",
      "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261110101921/https://www.protothema.gr/economy/article/1908503/elstat-anevase-ki-allo-tahutita-o-plithorismos-sto-57-ton-oktovrio/"
    }
  ],
  "greekPassages": [
    {
      "id": "rent",
      "source": "S1",
      "where": "ELSTAT notice on rent adjustments for November 2026, 10 November 2026",
      "greek": "Στις περιπτώσεις των μισθώσεων των οποίων η ετήσια αναπροσαρμογή μισθώματος ορίζεται, σύμφωνα με την ισχύουσα νομοθεσία, στο 75% της μεταβολής του ΔΤΚ, όπως αυτός υπολογίζεται από την ΕΛΣΤΑΤ, το ποσοστό αύξησης του μισθώματος για τον μήνα Νοέμβριο 2026 διαμορφώθηκε σε 4,3% (αύξηση τέσσερα και τρία δέκατα τοις εκατό) επί του καταβαλλόμενου μισθώματος.",
      "translation": "In the case of leases whose annual rent adjustment is set, under the legislation in force, at 75% of the change in the CPI as calculated by ELSTAT, the rate of rent increase for the month of November 2026 came to 4.3% (an increase of four point three per cent) on the rent being paid."
    }
  ],
  "redlines": [],
  "corrections": [],
  "tags": [
    "inflation",
    "CPI",
    "HICP",
    "ELSTAT",
    "Eurostat",
    "energy",
    "rents",
    "electricity",
    "natural gas",
    "heating oil"
  ]
}