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Euro zone inflation is still far below the European Central Bank's target of below but close to 2% over the medium term

Euro zone inflation confirmed at 0.3% in June

Business / 17 Jul

Energy prices in the euro zone were down 9.4% year on year in June after an 11.9% plunge in May

Euro zone inflation unexpectedly moves higher in June

Business / 30 Jun

Euro zone inflation was pulled down by falling energy prices in May

Cheaper energy slows euro zone inflation as expected

Business / 17 Jun

Energy prices in the euro zone plunged 12% year-on-year in May

Euro zone flash inflation at four-year low in May

Business / 29 May

Energy prices in the euro zone fellby 9.7% in April year-on-year, revised Eurostat figures show

Euro zone inflation revised down to nearly 4 year low

Business / 20 May

Overall inflation fell to 0.7% from 1.2% in February, Eurostat said, further away from the ECB's target of below, but close to 2% over the medium term

Euro zone inflation dip to 0.7% in March confirmed

Business / 17 Apr

Consumer prices in the euro zone rose 0.5% in March from February for a 0.7% year-on-year gain, decelerating from 1.2% annual growth in February

Euro zone inflation slows amid oil price war, Covid-19

Business / 31 Mar

Eurostat said prices in the euro zone rose 1.2% in February compared to a year earlier

Euro zone inflation slowdown in February confirmed

Business / 18 Mar

The coronavirus outbreak has prompted the ECB to announce the bank was ready to take measures to lessen its economic impact

Euro zone inflation down as ECB readies virus response

Business / 03 Mar

Central Bank Governor Gabriel Makhlouf said is is too early for the ECB to rush to action on the coronavirus

Too early for ECB to contemplate virus response

Business / 26 Feb

ECB chief Christine Lagarde will herself will kick off the town-hall events - dubbed the 'ECB Listens'

'We want to listen' - Lagarde kicks off ECB roadshow

Business / 24 Feb

Eurostat said GPD in the euro zone rose 0.1% quarter-on-quarter for a 1% year-on-year gain

Euro zone GDP falls short of expectations, inflation up

Business / 31 Jan

ECB chief Christine Lagarde are among the headline acts on the last day of Davos

ECB's Lagarde says uptick in inflation 'really minor'

Business / 24 Jan

Consumer prices in the euro zone rose by 1% in October, new Eurostat figures show

Euro zone inflation accelerates more than expected

Business / 29 Nov 19

Euro zone inflation was confirmed at 0.7% on the year in October, new Eurostat figures show

Euro zone inflation confirmed as slowing to 0.7%

Business / 15 Nov 19

Gross domestic product in the euro zone grew 0.2% in the three months from July to September

Euro zone Q3 growth unexpectedly steady

Business / 31 Oct 19

Eurostat said consumer prices in the euro zone rose 0.2% month-on-month in September for a 0.9% year-on-year gain

Euro zone inflation slows on cheaper energy

Business / 01 Oct 19

Eurostat said inflation in the 19 countries sharing the euro was at 1% on the year in August

Euro zone inflation confirmed at low of 1% in August

Business / 18 Sep 19

Christine Lagarde maintains that persistently low inflation requires prolonged stimulus

Lagarde clears key hurdle in becoming next ECB chief

Business / 05 Sep 19

Eurostat said prices in the euro zone went up by 1.2% on the year in May, slowing from 1.7% in April

Euro zone inflation slowed to one-year low in May

Business / 18 Jun 19

Euro zone prices rose by 1.7% in April, new Eurostat figures show

Euro zone April inflation confirmed at 1.7%

Business / 17 May 19

Consumer prices in the euro zone increased 1.7% year-on-year in April, accelerating from 1.4% in March

Euro zone inflation accelerates in April

Business / 03 May 19

Eurostat said prices in the euro zone rose 1.4% in March on the year, from a 1.5% increase a month earlier

Euro zone inflation slowdown confirmed for March

Business / 17 Apr 19

Eurostat estimated today that prices in the euro zone rose by 1.5% in February, from the 1.4% reported for January

Euro zone inflation rises as energy, food prices up

Business / 01 Mar 19

Inflation in the euro zone slowed to 1.4% in January from 1.6% the previous month

Euro zone inflation falls - as expected - in January

Business / 01 Feb 19

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