Eurozone inflation was 6.1 percent in May

Inflation in the euro area was 6.1 percent annually in May.

The European Statistical Office (Eurostat) has published the final inflation data for the European Union (EU) and the Eurozone for the month of May. Consequently, annual inflation in the Eurozone, which was 7 percent in April, was 6.1 percent in May.

In the main data for the euro zone, inflation for May was announced at 6.1 percent annually. The final data confirmed the main data.

Inflation in the Euro Zone in May remained unchanged from the previous month.

EU INFLATION IS 7.1 PERCENT

In the EU, annual inflation, which was 8.1 percent in April, was 7.1 percent in May.

In May 2022, inflation was 8.1% in the Eurozone and 8.8% in the EU.

2.54 percent of inflation in the Euro Zone was caused by food, alcohol and tobacco products, 2.15 percent by services and 1.51 percent by non-energy industrial products.

Annual inflation was 21.9 percent in Hungary, 12.5 percent in Poland and the Czech Republic, 12.3 percent in Slovakia and Latvia, 11.2 percent in Estonia, and 10.7 percent. percent in Lithuania in May.

In said period, inflation was 8 percent in Italy, 6.3 percent in Germany, and 6 percent in France. (AA)