Eurozone CPI was finalized at 7.4% yoy in March, up from February’s 5.9% yoy. The highest contribution to the annual euro area inflation rate came from energy (+4.36%), followed by services (+1.12%), food, alcohol & tobacco (+1.07%) and non-energy industrial goods (+0.90%).
EU CPI was finalized at 7.8% yoy, up from February’s 6.2% yoy. The lowest annual rates were registered in Malta (4.5%), France (5.1%) and Portugal (5.5%). The highest annual rates were recorded in Lithuania (15.6%), Estonia (14.8%) and Czechia (11.9%). Compared with February, annual inflation fell in two Member States and rose in twenty-five.
