MADRID, 17 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The inflation rate in the euro zone stood at 2.4% year-on-year in April, in line with the rise in prices observed in March, while that of the European Union (EU) as a whole remained at 2.6%. %, according to the second reading of the data published today by the community statistics office, Eurostat.
Among the Twenty-seven, the lowest annual inflation rates were recorded in Lithuania (0.4%), Denmark (0.5%) and Finland (0.6%), while the largest price increases were recorded in Romania (6 .2%), Belgium (4.9%) and Croatia (4.7%).
Compared to March 2024, the annual inflation rate fell in fifteen Member States, remained stable in four and increased in eight.
In the case of Spain, with a reading of 3.4% in April, the unfavorable price differential with respect to the eurozone widened by one tenth, up to one percentage point. In relation to the EU as a whole, the price differential unfavorable to Spain was eight tenths.
In the month of April, the year-on-year fall in energy prices in the euro zone moderated to 0.6% from the 1.8% drop in March, while fresh food became more expensive by 1.2%, after falling 0.5% last month.
For its part, the annual increase in the cost of services slowed to 3.7% from 4% in March, while the rise in the price of non-energy industrial goods slowed to 0.9% from 1.1%. %.
In this way, the euro zone inflation rate when discounting the impact of energy was 2.7%, compared to 2.9% in March 2024, while also excluding food, alcohol and tobacco , the underlying rate fell to 2.7% from 2.9%.
