Euro area inflation falls to 2.3% in Feb 2025, EU at 2.7%: Eurostat

A year earlier, the rate was 2.8 per cent for EU and 2.3 per cent for Euro Area.

The lowest annual rates were registered in France (0.9 per cent), Ireland (1.4 per cent) and Finland (1.5 per cent). The highest annual rates were recorded in Hungary (5.7 per cent), Romania (5.2 per cent) and Estonia (5.1 per cent). Compared with January 2025, annual inflation fell in fourteen member states, remained stable in six and rose in seven.

Contributions to the euro area annual inflation rate varied across key sectors. Non-energy industrial goods remained relatively stable, contributing 0.14 percentage points (pp) in February 2025. Services had the largest impact, though slightly declining from 1.73 pp in February 2024 to 1.66 pp in February 2025.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (SG)