Euro Area Core Inflation Rate

The Euro Area annual core inflation, which excludes volatile prices of energy, food, alcohol & tobacco and at which the ECB looks in its policy decisions, stood at 1 percent in December 2018, the same as in November and in line with early estimates. Core Inflation Rate in the Euro Area averaged 1.39 percent from 1997 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 2.60 percent in March of 2002 and a record low of 0.60 percent in January of 2015.

Core Inflation Rate in Euro Area is expected to be 1.20 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Core Inflation Rate in Euro Area to stand at 1.70 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Euro Area Core Inflation Rate is projected to trend around 1.90 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-11-30	10:00 AM	Core Inflation Rate YoY Flash	1%	1.1%	1%	1.1%
2018-12-17	10:00 AM	Core Inflation Rate YoY Final	1%	1.1%	1%	1%
2019-01-04	10:00 AM	Core Inflation Rate YoY Flash	1%	1%	1%	0.9%
2019-01-17	10:00 AM	Core Inflation Rate YoY Final	1%	1%	1%	1%
2019-02-01	10:00 AM	Core Inflation Rate YoY Flash		1%
2019-02-22	10:00 AM	Core Inflation Rate YoY Final		1%
2019-03-01	10:00 AM	Core Inflation Rate YoY Flash

Euro Area Prices	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Inflation Rate	1.60	1.90	5.00	-0.70	percent	[+]
Inflation Rate Mom	0.00	-0.20	1.35	-1.60	percent	[+]
Consumer Price Index CPI	104.29	104.30	104.49	70.52	Index Points	[+]
Core Consumer Prices	103.69	103.21	103.69	75.11	Index Points	[+]
Core Inflation Rate	1.00	1.00	2.60	0.60	percent	[+]
GDP Deflator	109.78	109.37	109.78	76.59	Index Points	[+]
Producer Prices	105.90	106.20	106.20	49.10	Index Points	[+]
Producer Prices Change	4.00	4.90	10.80	-8.20	percent	[+]
Import Prices	100.90	100.90	101.50	93.30	Index Points	[+]
Food Inflation	1.20	1.30	6.90	-1.60	percent	[+]
CPI Housing Utilities	104.69	105.21	105.21	60.35	Index Points	[+]
CPI Transportation	105.09	106.21	107.22	66.00	Index Points	[+]

In Euro Area, the core inflation rate is calculated using the weighted average of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Price (HICP) aggregates, excluding energy, food, alcohol & tobacco that face volatile price movements. This page provides the latest reported value for - Euro Area Core Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Euro Area Core Inflation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	1.00	1.00	2.60	0.60	1997 - 2018	percent	Monthly	2015=100

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Argentina	47.70	Dec/18	46.18	47.7 : 21.12	%
Turkey	19.53	Dec/18	20.72	24.34 : 2.5	%
South Africa	4.40	Dec/18	4.4	8.3 : 2.9	%
Russia	3.70	Dec/18	3.4	17.5 : 1.8	%
Mexico	3.69	Dec/18	3.63	177 : 2.3	%
Brazil	3.26	Dec/18	3.2	9.45 : 2.69	%
Indonesia	3.07	Dec/18	3.03	8.29 : 2.58	%
Germany	2.66	Dec/18	1.55	6.29 : 0.19	%
United States	2.20	Dec/18	2.2	13.6 : 0	%
Singapore	1.90	Dec/18	1.7	3.5 : -1.4	%
United Kingdom	1.90	Dec/18	1.8	3.7 : -0.1	%
Australia	1.80	Sep/18	1.9	10.7 : 1.6	%
China	1.80	Dec/18	1.8	2.5 : -1.6	%
Canada	1.70	Dec/18	1.5	5.4 : 0	%
Netherlands	1.70	Dec/18	1.6	3.9 : 0.1	%
South Korea	1.10	Dec/18	1.2	30.5 : -0.4	%
Euro Area	1.00	Dec/18	1	2.6 : 0.6	%
Spain	0.90	Dec/18	0.9	27.1 : -0.1	%
France	0.70	Dec/18	0.7	4 : -0.2	%
Japan	0.70	Dec/18	0.9	24.7 : -2.4	%
Italy	0.60	Dec/18	0.7	3.06 : 0.2	%
Switzerland	0.30	Dec/18	0.2	1.9 : -1.2	%