{"id":349998,"date":"2024-04-03T11:26:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T09:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2024\/04\/03\/eurozona-inflazione-in-calo-marzo-24\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T15:42:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:42:21","slug":"eurozone-inflation-drops-in-march-2-4-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2024\/04\/03\/eurozone-inflation-drops-in-march-2-4-percent\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurozone, inflation drops in March: 2.4 percent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – Good news for the eurozone: in March, inflation is expected to stand at 2.4 percent<\/strong>, down 0.2 percentage points from February<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0according to preliminary data released by\u00a0Eurostat. The March data\u00a0confirm a general months-long trend and bring the Eurozone figure closer to the\u00a0European Central Bank’s benchmark target of 2 percent.<\/p>\n

Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, there was a slowdown in consumer prices for food, alcohol, and tobacco (2,7 percent in March, compared to 3.9 in February),<\/span><\/span> and a decline also for non-energy industrial goods (1.1 percent versus 1.6 percent in February). In contrast, the cost for services was stable (4 percent).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

At the country level, there was a\u00a0fall in inflation in Germany<\/strong> (from 2.7 percent to 2.3 percent between February and March) and France (from 3.2 percent to 2.4 percent). On the other hand, in Italy<\/strong>,\u00a0inflation\u00a0is expected to rise from 0.8 percent to 1.3 percent, still below the benchmark target. Moving away instead are Spain (3.2 percent, +0.3 percentage points), the Netherlands (3.1 percent, +0.4 percentage points), and Belgium (3.8 percent, +0.2 percentage points).<\/p>\n