Flash estimate – December 2012 Euro area inflation estimated at 2.2%

4-1-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Euro area1 annual inflation2 is expected to be 2.2% in December 2012, the same as in November3, according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, energy (5.2% compared with 5.7% in November) is expected to have the highest annual ratein December, followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (3.1% compared with 3.0% in November), services (1.8%, compared with 1.6% in November) andnon-energy industrial goods (1.1%, stable compared with November).

Euro area annual inflation and its components, %

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All-items HICP 1000.0 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.2p 2.2e
Food, alcohol & tobacco 190.7 3.1 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.0p 3.1e
Energy 109.9 9.7 6.1 8.9 9.1 8.0 5.7p 5.2e
Non-energy industrial goods 284.7 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1p 1.1e
Services 414.7 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6p 1.8e

e Eurostat estimate p provisional

Scheduled publication dates

Index forEuro area flash estimatesNews release on euro area, EU and Member States
December 201216 January 2013
January 20131 February 201328 February 2013
February 20131 March 201315 March 2013
  • The Member States participating in the euro area are Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg,Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.
  • Annual inflation is the change of the price level between the current month and the same month of the previous year.
  • See News Release 181/2012 of 14 December 2012.
Issued by Eurostat Press OfficeLouise CORSELLI-NORDBLADTel: +352-4301-33 444eurostat-pressoffice@ec.europa.euFor further information on data:Jarko PASANENTel: +352-4301-36 425estat-prc-stats-methods@ec.europa.eu

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

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

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