Mei 2013: jaarinflatie eurozone geschat op 1,4%

Euro area 1 annual inflation 2 is expected to be 1.4% in May 2013, up from 1.2% in April 3 , according to a flash estimate 4 from Eurostat i, the statistical office of the European Union .

Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, food, alcohol & tobacco is expected to have the highest annual rate in May (3.3% compared with 2.9% in April), followed by services (1.4% compared with 1.1% in April), non-energy industrial goods (0.9% compared with 0.8% in April) and energy (-0.2% compared with -0.4% in April).

E uro area annual inflation and its components, %

Source: Eurostat e = estimate p = provisional

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  The euro area consists of Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.
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  Annual inflation is the change of the price level between the current month and the same month of the previous year. For further information on the euro area inflation flash estimate, see the Statistics Explained article on the Eurostat website:

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Inflation_in_the_euro_area

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  S ee News Release 75/2013 of 16 May 2013.
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  The euro area inflation flash estimate is issued at the end of each reference month. The complete set of harmonised indices of consumer prices (HICP) for the euro area, EU and Member States is released around the middle of the month following the reference month . The next release with full data for May 2013 is scheduled for 14 June 2013.

Eurostat News Releases on the internet: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat

Selected Principal European Economic Indicators : http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/euroindicators