Spain's EU-harmonised 12-month inflation rises to 2.9% in January

(Reuters) - Spain's European Union-harmonised 12-month inflation rate rose to 2.9% in January from 2.8% in the period through December, final data released by the National Statistics Institute, or INE, showed on Friday.

The INE's final data of 2.9% confirmed the flash reading of 12-month European Union-harmonised inflation released two weeks ago and the average estimate from analysts polled by Reuters.

Core inflation, which strips out volatile fresh food and energy prices, was 2.4% in the 12 months through January, down from 2.6% in the period through December, INE said.

Spain's 12-month national consumer prices rose 2.9% in the 12 months through January, up from 2.8% in the period through December.

The final data of 2.9% was below both the flash estimate released by INE two weeks ago and the forecasts by analysts polled by Reuters at 3.0%.

(Reporting by Tiago Brandao, editing by Inti Landauro)

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