🇪🇺 Eurozone inflation converges toward target, and the current account surplus is doing the heavy lifting Home Tags The day in view 🇪🇺 Eurozone inflation converges toward target, and the current account surplus is doing the heavy lifting Macro Soup Newsroom July 17, 2026 3 min read Share on X Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Email Copy link Eurozone headline inflation cooled to 2.8% year-on-year in June, matching forecasts, while the current account surplus surged to €25.1bn, beating expectations by roughly 40% and pointing to weak domestic demand rather than export strength. Read next Featured Post The week in view 📰 Weekly Macro Roundup: 2026-11-07 Paid Post The week in view 🇨🇳 Beijing lowers the funding floor quietly, leans on the yuan and asks firms to buy their own shares
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