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Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP)

Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 31 May 2016

Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 31 May 2016: -0.1% for May 2016, in line with the forecast and up from -0.2% in April 2016. Printed -0.1%, below the 2% target. It was released on Tue 31 May 2016 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
-0.1%
May 2016
Forecast
-0.1%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.2%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: An in-line flash reading usually leaves the euro little changed, unless the components or core figure surprise.

Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 31 May 2016: -0.1% for May 2016 against a -0.1% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 31 May 2016: -0.1% vs -0.1% forecast (EUROSTAT). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/eur-cpi/2016-05-31

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
31 May 2016May-0.1%-0.1%-0.2%
29 Apr 2016Apr-0.2%-0.1%0.0%
31 Mar 2016Mar-0.1%-0.1%-0.2%
29 Feb 2016Feb-0.2%0.0%0.3%
29 Jan 2016Jan0.4%0.4%0.2%
5 Jan 2016Dec0.2%0.4%0.2%
2 Dec 2015Nov0.1%0.2%0.1%
30 Oct 2015Oct0.0%0%-0.1%
30 Sep 2015Sep-0.1%0%0.1%
31 Aug 2015Aug0.2%0.1%0.2%
31 Jul 2015Jul0.2%0.2%0.2%
30 Jun 2015Jun0.2%0.2%0.3%
The release before:Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 29 April 2016The release after:Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 30 June 2016Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP): every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar