According to a quick estimate published this Wednesday by Eurostat, the annual inflation rate slowed to 2.4% in March, down from 2.6% in February.
The core inflation rate (which excludes more volatile components such as energy and food) also fell from 3.1% in February to 2.9% in March, according to a preliminary estimate.
According to the European Statistical Office, among the 20 countries whose currency is the euro, the services component is expected to have the highest annual inflation rate (4.0%, stable from February), followed by food, alcohol and tobacco (2.7%). % versus 3.9% in February), non-energy industrial goods (1.1% versus 1.6% in February) and energy (-1.8% versus -3.7% in February).
The lowest inflation rates, as measured by the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), are estimated in Lithuania (0.3%), Finland (0.7%) and Latvia (1.0%), as well as Croatia (4.9%) and Austria (4.2%). and Estonia (4.1%) recorded the highest rate.
In Portugal, annual inflation as measured by the HIPC was 2.6%, up from 2.3% in the previous month and down from 3.2% year on year.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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