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Eurozone inflationary pressures have weakened even further, with a closely watched indicator of underlying price trends falling to the lowest levels since before the launch of the euro in 1999. [...]

Eurozone annual inflation has turned positive for the first time in seven months but is still undershooting the European Central Bank's goal by a wide margin, writes Ralph Atkins in [...]

Weaker-than-expected German price data yesterday indicated eurozone inflation has fallen significantly further into negative territory this month, complicating the task of the European Central Bank, Ralph Atkins reports . German [...]

The US Federal Reserve's failure to focus on medium- term inflation risks has been criticised by a senior policymaker at the European Central Bank, writes Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt . [...]

Consumer price fall first since 1996 German inflation has turned negative for the first time in more than 20 years, fuelling fears of a fall in prices across the eurozone [...]

German inflation has turned negative for the first time in more than 20 years, fuelling fears of a fall in prices across the eurozone that will add to pressures facing [...]

German inflation has turned negative for the first time in more than 20 years, presaging a similar fall in prices across the eurozone that would add to pressures facing the [...]

Eurozone inflation this month is likely to have fallen to the lowest level for more than a year, economists said yesterday, after a sharper than expected fall in the German [...]

Trichet signals rate cut is likely Eurozone inflation is heading sharply lower and could drop to 1 per cent or less by mid-2009, economists said yesterday after Germany reported prices [...]

Economy Eurozone inflation is heading sharply lower and could drop to 1 per cent or less by mid-2009, economists said yesterday after Germany reported prices rising at the slowest pace [...]

Decision on cutting rates is secondary Turmoil raises risk of slowdown For the European Central Bank, guardian of the euro currency, the world has changed in the past week - [...]

Interest Rates For the European Central Bank, guardian of the euro currency, the world has changed in the past week - but nothing has changed. Financial market liquidity-boosting operations have [...]

Draghi says lower prices are key Data strengthen case to hold rates The fight against inflation has become even more important as a result of the financial crisis, a senior [...]

Draghi says lower prices are key Data strengthen case to hold rates The fight against inflation has become even more important as a result of the financial crisis, a senior [...]

Draghi says lower prices are key Data strengthen case to hold rates The fight against inflation has become even more important as a result of the financial market -crisis, a [...]

IG Metall demand highest for 16 years Trichet warns of effect on prices Germany's largest trade union yesterday demanded an inflation-busting pay rise for its 2.3m members, threatening higher labour [...]

Wage rise demand highest for 16 years Employers react with dismay Germany's largest trade union yesterday demanded an inflation-busting pay rise for its 2.3m members, threatening higher labour costs as [...]

Union seeks highest pay rise for 16 years ECB chief warns of second-round effect Germany's largest trade union put itself on a collision course with employers and set inflation alarm [...]

No easing likely in spite of growth fall German prices data fail to allay alarm European Central Bank policymakers signalled fresh alarm over the outlook for eurozone inflation yesterday even [...]

European industry yesterday showed fresh signs of spluttering in the wake of global economic storms, with Germany reporting much sharper than expected falls in output in the sector. The latest [...]

Eurozone inflation has been revised up to its highest level for 16 years. Annual inflation was 3.7 per cent last month, up from 3.3 per cent in April. Higher inflation [...]

Fast rise in labour costs and prices Eurozone inflation concerns intensified significantly yesterday, with labour costs accelerating markedly and Germany saying prices had risen last month even faster than originally [...]

German inflation forecasts were revised sharply higher by the Bundesbank yesterday, highlighting the pressures that this week led the European Central Bank to announce it would probably raise interest rates [...]

Inflation back at record levels ECB likely to stick to status quo Eurozone inflation has surged back to the record levels seen earlier this year, German data suggested yesterday, as [...]

Outlook changed by soaring oil price Eurozone inflation has surged back to the record levels seen earlier this year, German data suggested yesterday, as soaring oil prices all but ruled [...]

Eurozone inflation has surged back to the record levels seen earlier this year, German data suggested yesterday, as soaring oil prices all but ruled out any early cut in European [...]

Eurozone economic growth is slowing rapidly, despite Germany's robust performance, with soaring oil prices threatening higher inflation. Private sector economic output across the 15-country region grew this month at the [...]

Eurozone inflation has dropped significantly this month, price data from Germany indicated yesterday, bringing at least temporary relief to the European Central Bank. Germany's inflation rate dropped to 2.6 per [...]

Eurozone inflation has soared to its highest level for almost 16 years, data published yesterday showed, creating a fresh dilemma for the European Central Bank as it pumps extra overnight [...]

Eurozone inflation could hit its highest level for almost 16 years, economists warned yesterday, after Germany reported that price pressures accelerated unexpectedly sharply in March. Powered largely by rises in [...]

An inflation-beating 5.2 per cent wage increase secured by German steelworkers yesterday stoked fears that stubbornly high eurozone inflation pressures would prevent the European Central Bank from cutting interest rates [...]

Eurozone inflation showed clear signs of peaking yesterday after German price data proved weaker than expected, reducing the threat of higher eurozone interest rates. Germany's inflation rate has dropped from [...]

Eurozone inflation showed clear signs of peaking yesterday after German price data proved weaker than expected, reducing the threat of higher eurozone interest rates. Germany's inflation rate has dropped from [...]

Eurozone inflation showed clear signs of peaking yesterday after German price data proved weaker than expected, reducing the threat of higher eurozone interest rates. Germany's inflation rate has dropped from [...]

In almost every corner of the world inflation is uncomfortably high, creating a giant headache for policymakers as they grapple with the threat to growth from the turmoil in global [...]

Soaring eurozone inflation is threatening fresh difficulties for the European Central Bank as it fights to calm tensions in financial markets that are casting a shadow over economic growth in [...]

Soaring inflation in the 13-nation eurozone is threatening fresh difficulties for the European Central Bank as it fights to calm tensions in financial markets that are casting a shadow over [...]

Rapid food price increases are fuelling consumers' fears about overall inflation in the 13-country eurozone region, the European Central Bank has warned, as official data confirmed that the rate of [...]

Rapid food price increases are fuelling consumer fears about overall inflation in the eurozone, the European Central Bank has warned, as official data confirmed that the rate of price rises [...]

Rapid food price increases are fuelling consumers' fears about overall inflation in the 13-country eurozone region, the European Central Bank has warned, as official data confirmed the rate of rises [...]

Eurozone inflation lurched sharply higher in October and runs a significant risk of soon hitting 3 per cent, putting pressure on the European Central Bank's job as growth in the [...]

Eurozone inflation lurched sharply higher in October and runs a significant risk of soon hitting 3 per cent, putting pressure on the European Central Bank as growth in the 13-country [...]

Eurozone inflation is likely to have risen to 2.4 per cent this month, from 2.1 per cent in September, economists forecast yesterday. German inflation came in at 2.4 per cent [...]

German inflation angst , fuelled by global rises in food prices - and possibly by warnings from the country's central bank - is hitting consumer confidence in Europe's largest economy, [...]

Eurozone inflation figures today are expected to show the annual rate has jumped back clearly above the European Central Bank's target range, compounding its difficulties in steering the region's economy [...]

Eurozone inflation figures today are expected to show the annual rate has jumped back clearly above the -European Central Bank's target range, compounding its difficulties in steering the region's economy [...]

Eurozone inflation figures today are expected to show the annual rate has jumped back clearly above the -European Central Bank's target range, compounding its difficulties steering the region's economy through [...]

FRANKFURT -- A fall in the headline eurozone inflation rate is masking a build-up in price pressures in the 12-country region, heightening the chances of a further European Central Bank [...]

FRANKFURT -- The European Central Bank is taking a more pragmatic approach to its analysis of monetary data - a move that highlights the evolution of a tradition inherited from [...]

FRANKFURT -- The European Central Bank is poised this week to raise its 2007 forecasts foreurozone inflation and growth, heightening the chances that further interest rate rises will follow an [...]