Euro area inflation holds at 2.2% in April; EU rate eases to 2.4%

EU annual inflation was 2.4 per cent in April 2025, down from 2.5 per cent in March. A year earlier, the rate was 2.6 per cent.

The lowest annual rates were registered in France (0.9 per cent), Cyprus (1.4 per cent) and Denmark (1.5 per cent). The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (4.9 per cent), Estonia (4.4 per cent) and Hungary (4.2 per cent), Eurostat said in its latest press release.

Compared with March 2025, annual inflation fell in thirteen member states, remained stable in three and rose in eleven.

In April 2025, the highest contribution to the annual euro area inflation rate came from services (+1.80 percentage points, pp), followed by food, alcohol and tobacco (+0.57 pp), non-energy industrial goods (+0.15 pp) and energy (-0.35 pp).

ALCHEMPro News Desk (SG)