The man pushes his cart filled with food purchases and a walk before the passage of canned vegetables with “discounts” labels at the Auchan supermarket at Guilherand Ganges, France, March 8, 2025.
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The annual inflation of euro zones fell as expected to 2.2% in March, according to Flash data from the Eurostat statistical agency published on Tuesday.
Tuesday print is just below 2.3% of the final reading of February. Recent preliminary data has shown that the inflation of the march was lower than the forecast in several main euro economies. Last month, inflation reached 2.3% Germany and fell to 2.2% in Spainwhile remaining unchanged at 0.9% in France.
Data that is harmonized in the euro area for comparability increased the expectations of another reduction in interest rates worth 25 of the base from the European Central Bank during its upcoming meeting on April 17. Markets valued about 76% of chances for such a reduction before release of data from Euro zone inflation on Tuesday, according to LSEG data.
The European Union is to be hit by tariffs due this week this week from the American administration of Donald Trump – including 25% of the imported fee cars.
Although the exact impact of tariffs and retaliation remains uncertain, many economists have warned for months It can be inflationary.
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