Economics

Western Europe’s Fastest Inflation Puts Dutch Data in Spotlight

  • Only Baltics have higher price increases in the euro zone
  • ABN Amro says Dutch data methods risk stoking expectations
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The Netherlands is standing out with western Europe’s highest inflation rates because of a quirk in methodology that economists at ABN Amro say risks stoking price expectations.