Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Financial institution (ECB), speaks throughout an ECB press convention in July.
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Inflation within the euro zone was larger than analysts anticipated for August, however remained unchanged from the earlier month, complicating the position of the area’s central financial institution.
In line with preliminary information from the European Statistics Workplace on Thursday, general inflation was 5.3% in August. That’s above the anticipated 5.1%, in line with a Dow Jones survey, however unchanged from July.
Meals costs remained the most important driver of general inflation, however fell 1 proportion level from the earlier month.
Core inflation, which excludes risky parts and is a key measure for the European Central Financial institution, fell by 0.2 proportion factors over the identical interval and is now on the similar stage as headline inflation – at 5.3%.
In line with Portal, European Central Financial institution member Robert Holzmann stated the info confirmed inflation was nonetheless persistent. He, one of many ECB’s extra aggressive members, added that the newest figures introduced a “puzzle” for the central financial institution.
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