Annual inflation in 19 euro area countries, according to final estimates, accelerated to 7.4% from 5.9% a month earlier, according to Eurostat data.
Analysts surveyed by the Daily FX portal expected the indicator to remain at its preliminary estimate of 7.5%.
A year earlier, inflation in the euro area was only 1.3% per annum.
Only in March this year. euro area consumer prices increased by 2.4% according to final estimates. According to preliminary estimates, the increase in consumer prices was estimated at 2.5%.
At the same time, the annual core inflation accelerated to 2.9% from 2.7% a month earlier, while acceleration was forecasted to 3% (as in the preliminary estimate), RIA Novosti reports.
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