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Euro Area Core Inflation Rate

Euro Area Core Inflation Rate 31 August 2021

Euro Area Core Inflation Rate 31 August 2021: 1.6% for August 2021, above the 1.5% forecast and up from 0.7% in July 2021. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 3 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Tue 31 Aug 2021 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
1.6%
August 2021
Forecast
1.5%
The market consensus
Previous
0.7%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A clear beat, especially if core inflation stays well above 2% or rises, usually supports the euro as markets price a firmer ECB path. The reaction can be strong when the surprise is broad-based.

Euro Area Core Inflation Rate 31 August 2021: 1.6% for August 2021 against a 1.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
31 Aug 2021Aug1.6%1.5%0.7%
30 Jul 2021Jul0.7%0.8%0.9%
30 Jun 2021Jun0.9%0.9%1%
1 Jun 2021May0.9%0.8%0.7%
30 Apr 2021Apr0.8%0.8%0.9%
31 Mar 2021Mar0.9%1.1%1.1%
2 Mar 2021Feb1.1%1.1%1.4%
3 Feb 2021Jan1.4%0.9%0.2%
7 Jan 2021Dec0.2%0.2%0.2%
1 Dec 2020Nov0.2%0.2%0.2%
30 Oct 2020Oct0.2%0.2%0.2%
2 Oct 2020Sep0.2%0.5%0.4%
The release before:Euro Area Core Inflation Rate 30 July 2021The release after:Euro Area Core Inflation Rate 1 October 2021Euro Area Core Inflation Rate: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar