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Euro-zone Flash HICP (May) & Unemployment (Apr.)

The drop in the euro-zone’s headline inflation rate in May was largely due to lower energy inflation and a reversal of Easter timing effects. But with wage growth likely to have peaked, we expect core inflation to remain weak, prompting the ECB to loosen policy soon.

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