Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP)

Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 2 May 2023

Euro Area Inflation Rate (HICP) 2 May 2023: 7% for April 2023, in line with the forecast and up from 6.9% in March 2023. Printed 7%, above the 2% target. It was released on Tue 2 May 2023 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
7%
April 2023
Forecast
7%
The market consensus
Previous
6.9%
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 May 2023: 7% for April 2023 against a 7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
2 May 2023Apr7%7%6.9%
31 Mar 2023Mar6.9%7.1%8.5%
2 Mar 2023Feb8.5%8.2%8.6%
1 Feb 2023Jan8.5%9%9.2%
6 Jan 2023Dec9.2%9.7%10.1%
30 Nov 2022Nov10%10.4%10.6%
31 Oct 2022Oct10.7%10.2%9.9%
30 Sep 2022Sep10%9.7%9.1%
31 Aug 2022Aug9.1%9%8.9%
29 Jul 2022Jul8.9%8.6%8.6%
1 Jul 2022Jun8.6%8.4%8.1%
31 May 2022May8.1%7.7%7.4%