Euro area annual inflation down to 0.9%

Food, alcohol & tobacco is expected to have the highest annual rate in September, according to Eurostat. Find in this article the estimated annual inflation rates for the EU Member States that share the single currency.

Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 0.9% in September 2019, down from 1% in August, according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

The estimated annual inflation rate for Finland was 1% in September.

Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, food, alcohol & tobacco is expected to have the highest annual rate in September (1.6%, compared with 2.1% in August), followed by services (1.5%, compared with 1.3% in August), non-energy industrial goods (0.3%, stable compared with August) and energy (-1.8%, compared with -0.6% in August).

Source: Eurostat.