Economics
Euro-Area Consumers Are Getting Less Worried About Prices
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Inflation expectations among euro-area consumers are retreating, with only Belgians, Cypriots and Latvians more worried about prices in May than they were a month ago. That’s according the European Commission’s monthly survey, which still showed concern among the 19-member currency bloc as a whole at more than double the average level since 2000. The numbers have fallen most in Spain, which has rolled out a swathe of measures to help households.
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