Eurozone Inflation Will Stay Outside 2.5 to 2.7 Percent

Eurozone 2026 annual inflation will not be between 2.5% and 2.7% when Eurostat publishes the December 2026 HICP on January 19, 2027. The failure scenario builds on the June 2026 reading of 2.8% which followed a May 2026 rate of 3.2%, and on persistent country differences such as Spain at 3.6% and I…