Brussels – Euro area annual inflation was 1.4% in October 2017, down from 1.5% in September. In October 2016, the rate was 0.5%. European Union annual inflation was 1.7% in October 2017, down from 1.8% in September. A year earlier the rate was 0.5%. These figures come from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
![Informal Meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council [credits: European Union]](https://www.eunews.it/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/eurogroup-cyprus-350x250.jpg)
![Il presidente dell'Eurogruppo, Kyriakos Pierrakakis [foto: Alexandros Michailidis/imagoeconomica]](https://www.eunews.it/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Imagoeconomica_2624854-350x250.jpg)
![Roma, Italia - 17 dicembre 2025: La presidente del consiglio dei ministri italiano Giorgia Meloni interviene alla camera dei deputati con le comunicazioni in vista del consiglio europeo a Bruxelles il 18 e 19 dicembre [foto: IPA agency]](https://www.eunews.it/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IPA_Agency_IPA69242777-350x250.jpg)
![[Photo: Richard B. Levine/IPA agency]](https://www.eunews.it/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IPA_Agency_IPA56015731-350x250.jpg)
![[credits: Jonathan Raa / IPA agency]](https://www.eunews.it/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IPA_Agency_IPA61174527-120x86.jpg)
Eunews è una testata giornalistica registrata
Registro Stampa del Tribunale di Torino n° 27
