TABLE — Slovak inflation 3.1% year — on — year in September, below expectations

Oct 15 (Reuters) — Slovak consumer prices rose by 0.2% on the month in September, putting the year-on-year inflation rate at 3.1%, statistics office data showed on Thursday. Analysts in a Reuters poll had forecast consumer prices would rise by 0.2% on the month and that the annual inflation rate would reach 3.2%. SLOVAK HEADLINE CPI 09/26 08/26 09/25 % change mo/mo 0.2 0.0 +0.2 % change yr/yr +3.1 +3.1 +4.3 Slovak Core Cpi % change mo/mo 0.1 0.0 +0.1 % change yr/yr +1.5 +1.5 +3.6 NOTE. The data are calculated according to Slovak national methodology. * To monitor in real-time Slovak economic data releases in the Workspace app and view historical data click reuters: reuters://realtime/verb=Open/url=cpurl://apps.cp./Apps/Economic-Monitor?g=1C (Reporting by Athina Karolidou and Emmanuelle Serres in Gdansk) ((gdansk.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com; +48 58 769 66 00)