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MNI: EUROZONE DATA: Final HICP (Mar 2019) Preview - 10:00 BST
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- HICP: Previous (Feb): 0.3% m/m, 1.5% y/y; Flash (Mar): 1.4% y/y 
- Core HICP: Previous (Feb): 1.0% y/y; Flash (Mar): 0.8% y/y 
- The flash release showed headline inflation edging 0.1pp lower as the core
rate fell to an 11-month low
- While the decline in core is partly attributable to a later Easter, the
underlying trend remains feeble
- Policymakers continue to express confidence that price pressures will
eventually pick up...
- ... with ECB President Mario Draghi stating recently that stronger inflation
"has been delayed rather than derailed"
- However, the slow pass through of higher wages to consumer prices is being
compounded by weaker global demand growth

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