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MNI BRIEF: EZ Professional Forecast Sees 25 Inflation Higher

Latest ECB survey sees higher headline prices in 2025.

MNI (LONDON) - Professional forecasters -- analysts at leading banks and financial institutions -- have raised their headline eurozone inflation outlook for 2025, but longer-term expectations are unchanged on Q4, an ECB survey shows.

According to the Q1 Survey of Professional Forecasters, headline inflation will average 2.1% in 2025, up from 1.9% in the Q4 survey. All the longer-term forecasts were unchanged, with 2026 at 1.9% and "longer-term" at 2.0%. A forecast for 2027 was included for the first time, at 2.0%, lower than the ECB staff forecast of 2.1% due to increased greening impacts.

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MNI (LONDON) - Professional forecasters -- analysts at leading banks and financial institutions -- have raised their headline eurozone inflation outlook for 2025, but longer-term expectations are unchanged on Q4, an ECB survey shows.

According to the Q1 Survey of Professional Forecasters, headline inflation will average 2.1% in 2025, up from 1.9% in the Q4 survey. All the longer-term forecasts were unchanged, with 2026 at 1.9% and "longer-term" at 2.0%. A forecast for 2027 was included for the first time, at 2.0%, lower than the ECB staff forecast of 2.1% due to increased greening impacts.

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