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Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP)

Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 2 March 2017

Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 2 March 2017: 2% for February 2017, in line with the forecast and up from 1.8% in January 2017. It is the highest of the last 12 releases. Printed 2%, at the 2% target. It was released on Thu 2 Mar 2017 at 10:00 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%
February 2017
Forecast
2%
The market consensus
Previous
1.8%
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) 2 March 2017: 2% for February 2017 against a 2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
2 Mar 2017Feb2%2%1.8%
31 Jan 2017Jan1.8%1.6%1.1%
4 Jan 2017Dec1.1%1.4%0.6%
30 Nov 2016Nov0.6%0.6%0.5%
31 Oct 2016Oct0.5%0.5%0.4%
30 Sep 2016Sep0.4%0.4%0.2%
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%
The release before:Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 31 January 2017The release after:Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 31 March 2017Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP): every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar