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πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί Eurozone inflation hits 2.9% and starts testing the ECB's pause

πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί Eurozone inflation hits 2.9% and starts testing the ECB's pause

Eurozone consumer prices rose to 2.9% in July, above the ECB's 2% target for a fourth straight month, as German producer prices and labor costs suggest the Middle East energy shock is spreading into core inflation and complicating the central bank's next move.

Eurostat choropleth map of Europe showing annual HICP inflation rates by country for July 2026, with EU at 3.0% and euro area at 2.9%.
Eurostat’s July map puts euro-area inflation at 2.9%, with Sweden near zero while Romania and Lithuania keep the wider EU average at 3.0%. Source

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