04/01/2017 (Agence Europe) – The annual inflation rate for the euro area has been put at 1.1% for the month of December 2016, compared to 0.6% in November 2016, the statistical office of the EU (Eurostat) announced on Wednesday 4 January. As regards the main components of euro area inflation, energy is expected to have the highest annual rate in December (2.5%, compared to -1.1% in November), followed by services (1.2%, compared to 1.1% in November), food, alcohol & tobacco (1.2%, compared...