Euro Zone’s Inflation Problem Is Starting to Look Rather German
- Core price growth may have accelerated again in June
- German inflation is likely to show renewed jump on travel
The Reichstag in Berlin, Germany
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Euro-area inflation probably slowed in three of its four main economies last month — with the glaring exception of the biggest one, Germany.
Consumer prices across the region rose 5.6% in June from a year earlier — down half a percentage point from the prior month, according to a Bloomberg survey ahead of next Friday’s data.