Annual inflation stable at 2% in euro area in Aug 2025: Eurostat

EU annual inflation was 2.4 per cent in August—stable compared to July. A year earlier, the rate was 2.4 per cent, a Eurostat release said.

The lowest annual rates were registered in Cyprus (0 per cent), France (0.8 per cent) and Italy (1.6 per cent). The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (8.5 per cent), Estonia (6.2 per cent) and Croatia (4.6 per cent).

Compared with July 2025, annual inflation fell in nine member states, remained stable in four and rose in fourteen.

In August, the highest contribution to the annual euro area inflation rate came from services (plus 1.44 percentage points [pp]), followed by food, alcohol and tobacco (plus 0.62 pp), non-energy industrial goods (plus 0.18 pp) and energy (minus 0.19 pp).

ALCHEMPro News Desk (DS)