04/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - December 2010: inflation on the rise in eurozone. According to a flash estimate published on Tuesday 4 January by Eurostat, the rate of inflation in the eurozone increased to 2.2% in December 2010 compared to 1.9% one month earlier. This 2.2% rate is the highest recorded since October 2008 (when it was 3.2%). It should be pointed out that the European Central Bank (ECB), which is guardian of price stability in the euro area, is counting on inflation that is close...