Thursday, March 2, 2017

EU Economy - Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 2.0% in February 2017 .. - Eurostat

Press Release - Euro area annual inflation up to 2.0%



Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 2.0% in February 2017, up from 1.8% in January 2017, according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

 Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, energy is expected to have the highest annual rate in February (9.2%, compared with 8.1% in January), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (2.5%, compared with 1.8% in January), services (1.3%, compared with 1.2% in January) and non-energy industrial goods (0.2%, compared with 0.5% in January). 





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