Inflation in the eurozone has fallen far more than expected to 2.4 per cent in November, the slowest annual pace since July 2021, providing some relief to consumers and fuelling hopes that interest rates could soon be cut.
The sharp drop from 2.9 per cent a month earlier adds to tensions between investors who hope rates will be cut soon and central bankers seeking to keep borrowing costs high until the biggest surge in inflation for a generation has been definitively tamed.
Falling energy prices and lower growth in food and services prices were the main factors behind the slowdown in the harmonised index of consumer prices, according to data published on Thursday by Eurostat, the EU’s statistics arm.
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