Eurozone inflation, March 2025
A man is pushing a shopping cart full of food and walks in front of canned vegetables with “low price” tags in the Auchan supermarket in Auchan, March 8, 2025.
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The annual inflation was immersed as expected in March 2.2% in March, according to the Flash data of the Statistical Agency, was published on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the printing sits under the last reading of February 2.3%.
Inflation called core-inflation excluding more variable food, energy, alcohol and tobacco prices in March in February. Inflation printing, which has a long time glue around the 4% sign, fell to 3.7% to 3.7% in the previous month to 3.7%.
The latest preliminary data was lower than the forecast in several main euro-zone economies of March inflation. Inflation last month has reached 2.3% Germany and fell to 2.2% WhitishWhile 0.9% remain unchanged French.
ECB decision ahead
Adaptable figures along the euro area for comparison, in the session of the European Central Bank in April 17, increased expectations for more than 25 percent interest rate.
The reduction of services reduction in inflation, especially a chance to reduce an ECB interest rate, Jack Allen-Reynolds, President of the Capital Economy EURO Region, Economist, said on Tuesday.
“We think that this decline will continue to want to reduce the weakness in the fact that the weakness will fall further and the most recent action research will reduce the ECB to 25BP this month.”
During Tuesday, the information also showed that in February, the seasonal unemployment rate in the euro region continues in the last low trend in February. Economists surveyed by Reuters waited to be 6.2%.
Unemployment usually falls into a low interest environment because the enterprise can increase labor expenditures within cheap debt costs. Sine began to cut the final interest rates JuneThe ECB has lowered the main ratio of deposit object to 4% Up to 2.5%.
Tariff uncertainty
The European Union is then multiplied by tariffs with the Tariffs entry into force from the USDA Trump administration of the United States – 25% Levy cars.
Although the exact impact of tariffs and revenge measures remains uncertain, many economists warned their effects in months can be inflation.
The exact impact of the US tariff policy and its trade partners related to inflation is not clear, but also deflation is also a choice of deflation, Bert Colijn, said.
“As the US tariffs, exports and therefore, the Eurozone market can result in deflation in the Eurozone market,” he said, and therefore added that they could increase goods in the Eurozone market.
The response of the European Union may be critical in the formation of the economic impact of the tariff conflict.
“The European Commission’s revenge measures will likely have a higher impact on the eurozone inflation, although it is buying construction and an internal tax to be paid to some extent by consumers.”
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