Eurozone October preliminary CPI +2.1% vs +2.1% y/y expected | investingLive

• Prior +2.2%
• Core CPI Y/Y +2.4% vs +2.3% expected
• Prior +2.4%
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Slight downtick in the headline inflation but the core figure remained unchanged. This won’t change anything for the ECB, so the market reaction is understanbly muted.

From the agency:

Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 2.1% in October 2025, down from 2.2% in September according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Looking at the main components of euro area inflation, services
is expected to have the highest annual rate in October (3.4%, compared
with 3.2% in September), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (2.5%,
compared with 3.0% in September), non-energy industrial goods (0.6%,
compared with 0.8% in September) and energy (-1.0%, compared with -0.4%
in September).