AUG FLASH HICP +1.5% Y/Y, JUL +1.3%, JUN...>

EMU DATA: AUG FLASH HICP +1.5% Y/Y, JUL +1.3%, JUN +1.3%,MAY +1.4%

AUG Y/Y FLASH ABOVE MNI MEDIAN FCAST OF +1.4%

AUG 'CORE' HICP +1.2% Y/Y; MATCHES MNI MEDIAN FCST 

AUG FLASH HICP ENERGY +4.0% Y/Y

AUG FLASH HICP FOOD/ALCOHOL/TOBACCO +1.4% Y/Y

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Euro area July headline inflation inched higher from the July print, while the

stubbornly low core reading was unchanged, according to preliminary data

released by Eurostat on Monday. The August headline reading of 1.5% on the year

was a little above market expectations centering on 1.4%, and higher than the

1.3% recorded in July. February saw the headline inflation number pushed through

the European Central Bank's official inflation target for the first time since

January 2013.