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Euro Area Core Inflation Rate

Euro Area Core Inflation Rate 3 May 2018

Euro Area Core Inflation Rate 3 May 2018: 0.7% for April 2018, below the 0.9% forecast and down from 1% in March 2018. It is the lowest of the last 12 releases. It was released on Thu 3 May 2018 at 09:00 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%
April 2018
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 3 May 2018: 0.7% for April 2018 against a 0.9% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
3 May 2018Apr0.7%0.9%1%
4 Apr 2018Mar1%—1%
28 Feb 2018Feb1%1%1%
31 Jan 2018Jan1%—0.9%
5 Jan 2018Dec0.9%—0.9%
30 Nov 2017Nov0.9%—0.9%
31 Oct 2017Oct0.9%—1.1%
29 Sep 2017Sep1.1%—1.2%
31 Aug 2017Aug1.2%—1.2%
31 Jul 2017Jul1.2%—1.1%
30 Jun 2017Jun1.1%—0.9%
31 May 2017May0.9%—1.2%
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