January’s rise in German consumer price inflation to 1.9% reflected energy effects while core inflation remained subdued. Price pressures are weaker elsewhere in the euro-zone and there is still little chance of the ECB hitting its target of near-2% inflation for the region as a whole on a sustained basis.
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