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Euro Area Core Inflation Rate

Euro Area Core Inflation Rate 29 February 2016

Euro Area Core Inflation Rate 29 February 2016: 0.7% for February 2016, below the 0.9% forecast and against 1% in January 2016 (first reported as 1.0%). It is the lowest reading since April 2015. 2 of the last 8 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Mon 29 Feb 2016 at 10:00 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: EUROSTAT. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
0.7%
February 2016
Forecast
0.9%
The market consensus
Previous
1%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A clear miss or continued easing toward 2% usually weighs on the euro as traders see more room for ECB cuts. The effect can be strong if services or other underlying prices also cool.

Euro Area Core Inflation Rate 29 February 2016: 0.7% for February 2016 against a 0.9% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
29 Feb 2016Feb0.7%0.9%1%
29 Jan 2016Jan1.0%0.9%0.9%
5 Jan 2016Dec0.9%0.9%0.9%
2 Dec 2015Nov0.9%1%1.1%
30 Oct 2015Oct1.0%0.9%0.9%
30 Sep 2015Sep0.9%0.9%0.9%
31 Aug 2015Aug1%—1%
31 Jul 2015Jul1%0.8%0.8%
30 Jun 2015Jun0.8%—0.9%
2 Jun 2015May0.9%0.1%0.6%
30 Apr 2015Apr0.6%—0.6%
31 Mar 2015Mar0.6%—0.7%
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