Euro-Zone Inflation Gauges Hold Above 5% Before Key ECB Meeting
- Consumer prices rose annual 5.3% in August; median est. 5.1%
- Schnabel sees worsened growth outlook but prices stubborn
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Euro-area inflation stopped slowing in August, presenting European Central Bank officials with a quandary as they weigh whether pressures are too persistent to risk a pause in interest-rate hiking.
Consumer prices rose 5.3% from a year earlier, stuck more than 2 1/2 times above the goal sought by policymakers, because of energy. Economists had anticipated weakening. An underlying measure stripping out volatile items slowed as expected to reach exactly the same level as the headline gauge.