2024年4月,欧元区的年通货膨胀率被确认为2.4%,与3月持平,并保持在近三年来的最高水平。一年前,通货膨胀率高达7%。服务成本(3.7%对4%)和非能源工业品(0.9%对1.1%)有所放缓,而能源价格继续下跌(-0.6%对-1.8%)。另一方面,食品、酒精和烟草的价格涨幅略大(2.8%对2.6%)。与此同时,不包括能源、食品、酒精和烟草在内的核心利率连续第九个月下降至2.7%,为2022年2月以来的最低水平。与上月相比,欧元区的CPI在3月份上涨0.8%后,上涨了0.6%。欧盟委员会在其《2024年春季经济预测》中表示,通胀率下降速度将快于此前预期,2025年将达到2.1%。
Annual inflation rate in the Euro Area was confirmed at 2.4% in April of 2024, the same as in March, and holding at levels not seen in nearly three years. A year earlier, inflation rate was much higher at 7%. A slowdown was recorded in cost of services (3.7% vs 4%) and non-energy industrial goods (0.9% vs 1.1%) while prices for energy continued to decline (-0.6% vs -1.8%). On the other hand, prices of food, alcohol and tobacco rose slightly more (2.8% vs 2.6%). Meanwhile, the core rate which excludes energy, food, alcohol & tobacco, fell for a 9th straight month to 2.7%, the lowest level since February 2022. Compared to the previous month, the CPI in the Eurozone rose 0.6%, after a 0.8% increase in March. In its Spring 2024 Economic Forecast, the European Commission said the inflation is set to fall faster than previously expected and hit 2.1% in 2025.