Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 1.5% in September 2017, stable compared to August 2017, according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, energy is expected to have the highest annual rate in September (3.9%, compared with 4.0% in August), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (1.9%, compared with 1.4% in August), services (1.5%, compared with 1.6% in August) and non-energy industrial goods (0.5%, stable compared with August).