The figures were announced on Tuesday by the country’s statistics authority, EL.STAT.
The figure for the latter stood at 9.4 percent, still high, although the increase is the lowest, month-to-month, in a year and a half.
The lower rate of inflation comes only on a yearly basis, as the rate for September 2023 is higher by 1.8 percent when compared to August 2023; the rate of increase is 2.9 percent when compared to the corresponding month of 2022.
In the all-important food sector, the inflation rate for vegetables stood at 17.7 percent last month; 16.1 percent for cooking oils; 13.9 percent for fruits, similar to water-soft drinks-juices, 13.9 percent.
Conversely, a major reduction was recorded in the price for natural gas, down by 82 percent, while power rates fell, on average, by a marginal 1.2 percent.