The Dutch inflation rate remained unchanged at 0.9% in July, the central statistics agency said on Thursday.

Rents rose by an average 4.3%, but this was off-set by price falls for clothing and petrol, the CBS said.

July was the third month in a row that inflation remained under 1%.

Calculated according to harmonised EU methods, the Dutch rate is even lower at 0.2%, below the European average of 0.4%.