• Eurozone's harmonized consumer price index is flat in December

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19 January 2016

Eurozone's harmonized consumer price index is flat in December

Eurostat released its final consumer price inflation data for the Eurozone on Tuesday. Eurozone's harmonized consumer price index was flat in December, in line with expectations, after a 0.1% decrease in November.

On a yearly basis, Eurozone's final consumer price inflation remained unchanged at 0.2% in December, in line with expectations.

Restaurants and cafés prices were up 0.10% year-on-year in December, tobacco and vegetables prices rose by 0.06% each, fuel prices for transport declined by 0.40%, heating oil prices decreased by 0.10%, while gas prices were down by 0.10%.

Eurozone's final consumer price inflation excluding food, energy, alcohol and tobacco remained unchanged at an annual rate of 0.9% in December, in line with the preliminary reading.

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