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Inflation 2024 Europe. Compare euro area and national inflation rates measured by the harmonised index of consumer prices (hicp). Annual inflation rate in the euro area was confirmed at 2.5% in june 2024, lower than 2.6% in may and 5.5% a year earlier.

Natural gas prices soared at the start of russia’s war in ukraine in early 2022, helping drive euro zone inflation into double digits by the autumn of that year and setting. Frankfurt, germany (ap) — inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro ticked up to 2.6% in july, stubbornly above.