Euro-Area Core Inflation Quickens Again in Setback for ECB
- Underlying gauge rises to 5.4%, overshadowing headline slowing
- Base effects to keep core reading elevated in next months
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Euro-area core inflation re-accelerated in June, a setback for the European Central Bank that may reinforce its determination to raise interest rates next month.
The measure of underlying consumer-price gains, which excludes items like fuel and food, came in at 5.4% — just below the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists — as the cost of services picked up markedly.