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Annual inflation in Eurozone accelerates to seven percent



05/03/2023 - 09:59



The rate of inflation in the euro area for the entire year accelerated in April, rising to 7% from 6.9%, according to statistics from Eurostat.



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The index matched forecasts of analysts polled by DailyFX.

The euro zone's inflation rate was 7.4% a year ago.

Preliminary figures show that consumer prices increased by 0.7% in the euro area in April.

The core annual inflation rate also decreased from 5.7% to 5.6% at the same period. Analysts anticipated that the index would hold steady at its March level.

In April, Latvia (15%), Slovakia (14%) and Lithuania (13.3%) recorded the highest annual inflation rates, while Luxemburg (2.7%), Belgium (3.3%) and Spain (3.8%) recorded the lowest.

source: dailyfx.com