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The inflation rate was up from April’s record high of 7.4% and higher than expectations of 7.8%.
Inflation in the eurozone reached 8.1% in May, preliminary figures from Europe’s statistics office showed, hitting a new record high for the seventh month in a row as food and energy prices soared.
The inflation rate was up from April's record high of 7.4% and higher than expectations of 7.8%. The core rate, which excludes food and energy prices, also posted an unexpected increase to 4.4% fro...
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