European Inflation Breaches ECB’s 2% Limit for Sixth Month

European inflation exceeded the European Central Bank ’s 2 percent limit for a sixth month in May, bolstering the case for further interest rate increases. Consumer prices grew 2.7 percent from a year earlier, the European Union’s statistics office in Luxembourg said today. That’s in line with ...

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