December 31, 2024 11:38 GMT
EUROPEAN INFLATION: Irish HICP Accelerates in December, Core Also Higher
EUROPEAN INFLATION
Irish HICP rose by 0.5pp to 1.0% Y/Y in December, its highest rate since August and the third consecutive acceleration. This comes as energy price deflation tapered off amid base effects, to -4.6% Y/Y vs -7.7% in November.
- The core rate (excl. energy and unprocessed food) meanwhile accelerated slightly this month, to 1.6% Y/Y vs 1.5% November.
- Food inflation stands unchanged at 1.7% Y/Y in December.
Looking more broadly at the December Eurozone inflation round, the prints released so far (Spain, Belgium, Portugal) generally underpin calls for energy-driven headline upticks this month. However, core rates also appear to have accelerated a bit so far - analysts were rather looking for a broadly unchanged print for the overall Eurozone.
- Heavy-weighted Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands, which are all scheduled to release their national-level prints next week, do not necessarily have to tilt in the same direction, however, and it might be that some acceleration for the countries which released so far was indeed expected - so the signal for the overall core print might not be clear for the time being.
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