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18.09.2024

Eurozone consumer price growth slowed sharply in August

The final data published by Eurostat showed that consumer price growth slowed last month, confirming experts' forecasts and preliminary estimates. Meanwhile, core inflation decreased for the first time in 4 months.

According to the report, the consumer price index rose by 2.2% per year, as expected, after an increase of 2.6% per year in July. The August reading was the lowest since July 2021. European Union annual inflation was 2.4% in August, down from 2.8% in July.

Meanwhile, on a monthly basis, the consumer price index rose 0.1% after being unchanged in July. Economists had expected a 0.2% increase

Eurostat reported that the core consumer price index - excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco - rose by 2.8% per year, slowing compared to July (+2.9%), and confirming experts' forecasts.

The data also showed that the highest contribution to the annual inflation rate came from services (+1.88%), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (+0.46%), non-energy industrial goods (+0.11%) and energy (-0.29%).

The lowest annual rates were registered in Lithuania (0.8%), Latvia (0.9%), Ireland, Slovenia and Finland (all 1.1%). The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (5.3%), Belgium (4.3%) and Poland (4.0%).

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