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Core HICP In Line For Expected Pickup On German Core (2/2)

EUROZONE DATA

Tracking Eurozone core (coming into this week had been expected to tick up to 5.5% Y/Y vs 5.3%) is more difficult to ascertain given a lack of core HICP (as opposed to CPI) prints.

  • But the German core CPI Y/Y acceleration (+5.8% from +5.4%, effectively reversing May's 0.4pp drop from April) was the most important and had been well anticipated as the major factor behind the overall expected Eurozone acceleration.
  • The German report today showed services notably accelerating to a fresh post-1994 high (+5.3% Y/Y from 4.5% in May) and more than offsetting softer goods prices (7.3% after 7.7%). Though there's no detailed breakdown available, Destatis confirmed that it was the base effects from last year's introduction of the 9 euro transport ticket that was responsible, with state-level prices showing related transportation costs up more than 100% Y/Y vs Jun 2022.
  • Elsewhere, Spanish core CPI surprised to the upside (+5.9% vs 5.5% survey) but ticked lower vs May at 5.9% from 5.1%, while core HICP in Italy pulled back to 6.0% from 6.4% prior. Combined those two have equal weighting to Germany, so the 0.2pp EZ pickup in core Y/Y HICP expected in June looks to remain in play.
  • Following the German data, Goldman Sachs stuck to its expectation for an upside surprise and left its core expectation estimate unchanged at 5.56%, having entered inflation week at 5.61%.

Source: Eurostat, Destatis, MNI

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