spanish inflation eased in september from a nearly fourdecade high thanks to a drop in electricity and fuel prices provisional data from the national statistics institute ine showed thursday russias invasion of ukraine has sent inflation soaring worldwide prompting central banks to hike interest rates in an effort to rein in consumer prices spains annual rate stood at 90 percent in september down from 105 percent in august inflation had remained in double digits since june a level not seen since the mid1980s this development is largely due to the fall in prices of electricity which went up in september 2021 the ine said in a statement the definitive figures will be released next month it has also been influenced albeit to a lesser extent by the fall in fuel prices it added core inflation which excludes certain prices such as energy fell by 02 percentage points to 62 percent it said the government of socialist prime minister pedro sanchez has in recent months rolled out aid packages to help households and businesses weather the inflationary pressure which has soared across europe due to the ukraine war it has introduced free public transport subsidised petrol prices and temporarily slashed the sales tax on gas among other measures in moves that are expected to cost some 30 billion euros 30 billion  or 23 percent of spain’s gross domestic product