Forex Fundamentals
Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP)

Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 7 January 2021

Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 7 January 2021: -0.3% for December 2020, below the -0.2% forecast and unchanged from -0.3% in November 2020. It is the second release in a row below the forecast. Printed -0.3%, below the 2% target. It was released on Thu 7 Jan 2021 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
-0.3%
December 2020
Forecast
-0.2%
The market consensus
Previous
-0.3%
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) 7 January 2021: -0.3% for December 2020 against a -0.2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
Sharing this? Please link to this page as the source.Download the chart

Cite this release

If you cite this release, please link to this page:

Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 7 January 2021: -0.3% vs -0.2% forecast (EUROSTAT). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/eur-cpi/2021-01-07

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
7 Jan 2021Dec-0.3%-0.2%-0.3%
1 Dec 2020Nov-0.3%-0.2%-0.3%
30 Oct 2020Oct-0.3%-0.3%-0.3%
2 Oct 2020Sep-0.3%-0.2%-0.2%
1 Sep 2020Aug-0.2%0.2%0.4%
31 Jul 2020Jul0.4%0.2%0.3%
30 Jun 2020Jun0.3%0.1%0.1%
29 May 2020May0.1%0.1%0.3%
30 Apr 2020Apr0.4%0.1%0.7%
31 Mar 2020Mar0.7%0.8%1.2%
3 Mar 2020Feb1.2%1.2%1.4%
31 Jan 2020Jan1.4%1.4%1.3%
The release before:Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 1 December 2020The release after:Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 3 February 2021Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP): every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar