While headline HICP inflation came in unchanged in June, at 1.2%, the extent of the increase in services
and core inflation was a bit of a surprise. But the increase in core inflation seems to have been due to a
rebound in volatile transport and holiday prices, rather than rising underlying price pressures, so it should
not deflect the ECB from policy in the coming months.
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