Euro area annual inflation rate was 2.4% in April, stable compared to March; the rate was 8.1% a year earlier: Eurostat

LUXEMBOURG , May 17, 2024 (press release) –

Stable at 2.6% in the EU

Overview
The euro area annual inflation rate was 2.4% in April 2024, stable compared to March 2024. A year earlier, the rate was 7.0%. In the EU, the annual inflation was 2.6% in April 2024, stable compared to March 2024. A year earlier, the rate was 8.1%. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

The lowest annual rates were registered in Lithuania (0.4%), Denmark (0.5%) and Finland (0.6%). The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (6.2%), Belgium (4.9%) and Croatia (4.7%). Compared with March 2024, annual inflation fell in fifteen Member States, remained stable in four and rose in eight.

In April 2024, the highest contribution to the annual euro area inflation rate came from services (+1.64 percentage points, pp), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (+0.55 pp), non-energy industrial goods (+0.23 pp) and energy (-0.04 pp).

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