Eurozone: Flash August CPI expected at 2.1% y-o-y - Rabobank

Analysts at Rabobank point out that today sees Eurozone flash August CPI, which is expected at 2.1% y-o-y and yet just 1.1% core, neither measure changed from July.

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“In short, even with everything as good as it can realistically get in Europe, CPI is half what it should be on an underlying basis. Care to take a bet where it will be 12 months from now? We also have Eurozone unemployment, seen a tick lower at 8.2%.”

“In the US it’s the Chicago PMI for August, seen dipping from a heady 65.5 to a still-strong 63.0.”