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 for Euro area flash estimates News release on euro area, EU and Member States
December 2012 16 January 2013
January 2013 1 February 2013 28 February 2013
February 2013 1 March 2013 15 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.eu For 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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