Annual inflation stable at 2% in euro area in Aug 2025: Eurostat

The euro area annual inflation rate was 2 per cent in August this year, stable compared to July, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU). A year earlier, the rate was 2.2 per cent.

EU annual inflation was 2.4 per cent in August—stable compared to July. A year earlier, the rate was 2.4 per cent, a Eurostat release said.

The lowest annual rates were registered in Cyprus (0 per cent), France (0.8 per cent) and Italy (1.6 per cent). The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (8.5 per cent), Estonia (6.2 per cent) and Croatia (4.6 per cent).

The euro area annual inflation rate was 2 per cent in August this year, stable compared to July, according to Eurostat.
A year earlier, the rate was 2.2 per cent.
EU annual inflation was 2.4 per cent in August—stable compared to July.
Compared with July 2025, annual inflation fell in nine member states, remained stable in four and rose in fourteen.

Compared with July 2025, annual inflation fell in nine member states, remained stable in four and rose in fourteen.

In August, the highest contribution to the annual euro area inflation rate came from services (plus 1.44 percentage points [pp]), followed by food, alcohol and tobacco (plus 0.62 pp), non-energy industrial goods (plus 0.18 pp) and energy (minus 0.19 pp).

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