Euro Zone inflation has now reached 2.2% in March, unchanged from the provisional estimation; from month to month the HIPC has risen to 0.6% in March, showed today by Eurostat, EU statistics office.
The data coinciding with market expectations has confirmed the small slowdown in headline inflation seen in latest months, from rates of 2.3% in February and 2.4% in January.
Although energy prices still have the biggest impact in inflation rate there has been a decline in March, Eurostat said.
Core inflation index, which excludes energy prices and unprocessed food, has risen 1.4% year on year, compared with a rise of 1.3% in both the previous two months.