Eurozone inflation jumps to 2.5% in March

Luxembourg (UrduPoint / WAM – March 31, 2026 AD) The annual inflation rate in the euro zone rose to 2.5 percent in 2026. He walkssharply from 1.9 percent in FebruaryAccording to a preliminary estimate published by Eurostat on Tuesday.

After shrinking by 3.1 percent FebruaryEnergy price inflation rose to 4.

9 percent year-over-year – a shift of nearly 8 percentage points in one month.

Core inflation fell to 2.3 percent from 2.4 percent, which is lower than expectations of 2.4 percent. Services inflation also declined slightly. from 3.4 percent to 3.2 percent. Prices of non-energy industrial goods fell to 0.5 percent from 0.7 percent.