TABLE-EU Commission issues new inflation forecasts

April 28 (Reuters) - The European Commission on Monday
published the following forecasts for inflation in the 15-nation
euro zone and 27-nation European Union.

The previous forecasts in the table were made in November
2007; some were also updated in February.

INFLATION (percent)

2007 (pvs) 2008 (pvs) 2009 (pvs)

Austria 2.2 (1.9) 3.0 (1.9) 1.9 (1.8)

Belgium 1.8 (1.7) 3.6 (2.1) 2.3 (1.8)

Finland 1.6 (1.5) 3.4 (2.4) 2.3 (2.1)

France 1.6 (1.5) 3.0 (1.7) 2.0 (1.6)

Germany 2.3 (2.2) 2.9 (2.0) 1.8 (1.8)

Greece 3.0 (2.8) 3.7 (3.1) 3.6 (3.1)

Ireland 2.9 (2.8) 3.3 (2.2) 2.4 (2.0)

Italy 2.0 (1.9) 3.0 (2.0) 2.2 (1.9)

Luxembourg 2.7 (2.5) 4.2 (2.8) 2.5 (2.3)

Netherlands 1.6 (1.6) 2.7 (2.3) 2.9 (2.7)

Portugal 2.4 (2.4) 2.8 (2.4) 2.3 (2.3)

Spain 2.8 (2.6) 3.8 (2.9) 2.6 (2.7)

Slovenia 3.8 (3.5) 5.4 (3.7) 3.3 (2.9)

Cyprus 2.2 (2.0) 3.8 (2.3) 2.5 (2.1)

Malta 0.7 (0.8) 3.4 (2.5) 2.2 (2.2)

EURO-15 2.1 (2.0) 3.2 (2.1) 2.2 (2.0)

Czech Rep 3.0 (3.0) 6.2 (3.8) 2.7 (3.2)

Denmark 1.7 (1.7) 3.3 (2.4) 2.3 (2.4)

Estonia 6.7 (6.3) 9.5 (7.3) 5.1 (4.8)

Hungary 7.9 (7.7) 6.3 (4.9) 3.7 (2.8)

Latvia 10.1 (9.6) 15.8 (9.8) 8.5 (6.0)

Lithuania 5.8 (5.6) 10.1 (6.5) 7.2 (5.2)

Poland 2.6 (2.5) 4.3 (2.8) 3.4 (2.9)

Slovakia 1.9 (1.7) 3.8 (2.5) 3.2 (3.0)

Bulgaria 7.6 (7.1) 9.9 (7.3) 5.9 (5.8)

Romania 4.9 (4.7) 7.6 (5.6) 4.8 (4.6)

Sweden 1.7 (1.6) 2.4 (2.0) 1.9 (2.0)

U.K. 2.3 (2.4) 2.8 (2.2) 2.2 (2.0)

EU-27 2.4 (2.3) 3.6 (2.4) 2.4 (2.2)