Eurozone flash CPI eases to 2.0% y/y in August, below estimates

According to Eurostat’s flash reading of Eurozone CPI report, the annual reading came in at 2.0% in August, matching expectations. Meanwhile, the core figures eased to 1.0% in the reported month, when compared to 1.1% expectations and 1.1% previous.

Key Details (via Eurostat):

“Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, energy is expected to have the highest annual rate in August (9.2%, compared with 9.5% in July), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (2.5%, stable compared with July), services (1.3%, compared with 1.4% in July) and non-energy industrial goods (0.3%, compared with 0.5% in July).”

The Eurozone inflation report comes a day after the German prelim CPI data was released, which showed that the German consumer price inflation eased more than expected in August, in line with the European Central Bank’s (ECB) rate target of just under 2 percent for the Eurozone as a whole.