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Euro Area Core Inflation Rate

Euro Area Core Inflation Rate 2 May 2025

Euro Area Core Inflation Rate 2 May 2025: 2.7% for April 2025, above the 2.5% forecast and up from 2.4% in March 2025. It is the highest reading since January 2025. 7 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Fri 2 May 2025 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
2.7%
April 2025
Forecast
2.5%
The market consensus
Previous
2.4%
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 2 May 2025: 2.7% for April 2025 against a 2.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
2 May 2025Apr2.7%2.5%2.4%
1 Apr 2025Mar2.4%2.5%2.6%
3 Mar 2025Feb2.6%2.5%2.7%
3 Feb 2025Jan2.7%2.6%2.7%
7 Jan 2025Dec2.7%2.7%2.7%
29 Nov 2024Nov2.7%2.8%2.7%
31 Oct 2024Oct2.7%2.6%2.7%
1 Oct 2024Sep2.7%2.8%2.8%
30 Aug 2024Aug2.8%2.8%2.9%
31 Jul 2024Jul2.9%2.8%2.9%
2 Jul 2024Jun2.9%2.8%2.9%
31 May 2024May2.9%2.8%2.7%
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