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Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP)

Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 31 August 2016

Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 31 August 2016: 0.2% for August 2016, below the 0.3% forecast and unchanged from 0.2% in July 2016. 6 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. Printed 0.2%, below the 2% target. It was released on Wed 31 Aug 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
0.2%
August 2016
Forecast
0.3%
The market consensus
Previous
0.2%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A clear miss or continued progress toward 2% usually weighs on the euro as markets price more scope for cuts. The reaction is strongest when core inflation also cools.

Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 31 August 2016: 0.2% for August 2016 against a 0.3% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
31 Aug 2016Aug0.2%0.3%0.2%
29 Jul 2016Jul0.2%0.1%0.1%
30 Jun 2016Jun0.1%0%-0.1%
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%
The release before:Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 29 July 2016The release after:Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 30 September 2016Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP): every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar