2024-06-02 22:34:18
Within the eurozone in Could 2024, shopper costs elevated by 2.6% in annual phrases, in accordance with preliminary knowledge from Eurostat, Day.Az stories close to Interfax.
Thus, inflation accelerated in comparison with April, when it amounted to 2.4% and was the bottom since November final 12 months.
The consensus forecast of analysts, cited by Buying and selling Economics, included an acceleration of inflation to 2.5%.
The rise in the price of companies in Could accelerated to 4.1% from 3.7% in April. In the meantime, the rise in costs for meals, alcohol and tobacco merchandise slowed to 2.6% from 2.8% a month earlier, industrial merchandise – to 0.8% from 0.9%. Vitality costs rose 0.3% after falling 0.6% in April.
Worth development excluding the price of meals and power (CPI Core index) accelerated to 2.9% in Could. In April, the determine elevated by 2.7%, the bottom price since February 2022. Consultants anticipated core inflation to speed up to 2.8%.
Shopper costs within the eurozone elevated by 0.2% month-on-month in Could after rising by 0.6% in April.
The very best inflation among the many eurozone international locations was recorded in Belgium (4.9% in annual phrases), the bottom in Latvia (0.2%). In Germany, shopper costs rose by 2.8%, in France – by 2.7%, in Italy – by 0.8%, in Spain – by 3.8%.
Last knowledge on Could inflation might be launched on June 18.
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