Although consumer prices (CPI) remained unchanged in Spain in August compared to July, according to the final data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE), Spain’s year-on-year CPI increased by 2.7% through August, the same rate as in July. In August, the group that stood out most for its positive influence on the increase of the year-on-year CPI growth rate was transport prices, whose year-on-year rate rose one point to…
CdM | The Consumer Price Index (CPI) remained at 2.7% year-on-year in August, thanks to food and electricity prices offsetting fuel prices, according to data released on Friday by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The stability of the year-on-year CPI in the eighth month of the year slows down the rise in the inflation rate experienced during the previous two months. The agency explained that the CPI remaining at 2.7%…
CdM | The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by two tenths of a percentage point year-on-year in June to 2.2%, due to higher fuel and food prices, according to data released on Friday by the National Statistics Institute (INE), reports Europa Press. With the upturn in the year-on-year CPI in the sixth month of the year, inflation is rising again after three consecutive months of declines in its year-on-year rate….
Bankinter: November final CPI confirms 2.4% year-on-year preliminary (from 1.8% year-on-year previous), Underlying also confirmed 2.4% year-on-year preliminary (from 2.5% previous). On a month-on-month basis +0.2% month-on-month for the headline rate and +0.1% for the Underlying. Analysis team’s view: The data confirm the preliminary data and also the pick-up in headline inflation in 4Q24, as expected and anticipated by the ECB, largely due to base effects from energy (electricity and…
Bankinter | September’s final CPI confirms 1.5% year-on-year preliminary and moderation from 2.3% in August. Month-on-month also confirms preliminary down 0.6% month-on-month (0% month-ahead). Core CPI at 2.4% year-on-year same as preliminary and from 2.7% previously); -0.4% month-on-month. Bankinter analysis team’s view: Final data confirm a better-than-anticipated performance through September. In fact, EMU CPI came in at 1.8% year-on-year (preliminary), which gives the ECB room to move below its target….
CdM | Inflation accelerated by one tenth of a percentage point in April, to 3.3%, mainly due to higher gas and food prices, according to the advance CPI data published on Monday by the National Statistics Institute (INE). If confirmed on 14 May, core inflation, i.e. once the most volatile items in the shopping basket (unprocessed food and energy products) are removed, will have moderated by 0.4 percentage points to…
Bankinter: Preliminary CPI for October repeats at +3.5% year-on-year (vs. +3.8% expected and from +3.5% previously). The Underlying figure slackens to +5.2% year-on-year (compared to +5.6% expected and from +5.8% previously). On a month-on-month basis, the headline rate rebounds +0.3% and the core +0.4%. More details are available in the press release from the National Statistics Institute linked here. According to Bankinter experts, “the figure is better than expected. Headline…
Renta 4 : European opening with slight gains (Eurostoxx futures +0.4%, S&P futures -0.1%), on a day of numerous 4Q22 results in Spain. In the background, and on the day that marks one year of war in Ukraine, a peace proposal presented by China that does not seem to have the support of the US and the EU. Today’s macro focus will be on the US core private consumption deflator…
Renta 4 : European stock markets open slightly higher (Eurostoxx futures +0.3%, S&P futures +0.4%), supported by Nvidia which raises its guidance (IA) and boosts Nasdaq futures (+0.8%). On the macro front, the focus of the session will be on the eurozone January final CPI, which could be revised slightly higher to +8.6% overall (vs +8.5% preliminary and +9.2% previously), with core CPI stable at yearly highs +5.2%. This maintenance…
CdM | Spain CPI dropped one percentage point to 5.8% in December from a year earlier, thanks to the fall in electricity and fuel prices. However food prices remained through the roof, according to preliminary data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) on Friday. Core inflation, which strips out volatile fresh food and energy prices, stood at 6.9% year-on-year in December, up from 6.3% in November, INE said. Consumer prices…