While Denmark registered the lowest annual rates at 2.3 per cent, followed closely by Spain and Belgium at 2.4 per cent each, Hungary recorded the highest annual rate of 14.2 per cent. Czechia and Slovakia also reported high rates at 10.1 per cent and 9.6 per cent, respectively.
The highest contribution to the euro area’s annual inflation came from services, attributing to a +2.41 percentage points increase. This was followed by food, alcohol and tobacco at +1.98 percentage points, and non-energy industrial goods contributing +1.19 percentage points. Interestingly, energy recorded a negative contribution of -0.34 percentage points.
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