Eurozone CPI was finalized at 2.4% yoy in April, unchanged from March’s reading. CPI core (ex-energy, food, alcohol & tobacco) was finalized at 2.7% yoy, down from prior month’s (2.9% yoy). The highest contribution to the annual Eurozone 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).
EU CPI was finalized at 2.6% yoy. 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.